IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Palermo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000KS103002
  • User Pedon ID: S2000KS103002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01N0168
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14236
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 39.3521156
  • Std. Longitude: -94.9432831
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8S
  • Range: 22E
  • Section: 15
  • Location Description: Ft Leavenworth Military Base. West side of property near 159th street. 2/15/01 DKK
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS103—Leavenworth
  • MLRA: 107—Iowa and Missouri Deep Loess Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS103—Leavenworth County, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kacirek - Evans
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Palermo
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • PSC - 28 to 79 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/30/2000
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/30/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 18
    • Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    19

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    294

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    340

    960

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    185

    12

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    A—0 to 14 centimeters (0.0 to 5.5 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 7.0 medium roots; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 01N01130; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BE—14 to 28 centimeters (5.5 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) exterior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 6.0 medium roots; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 01N01131; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) exterior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic structure; friable; 4.0 fine roots; 5 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 01N01132; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 211113; continuous - phpvsfiid 211113
    Bt2—43 to 79 centimeters (16.9 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine roots; 20 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 01N01133; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 211114; continuous - phpvsfiid 211114
    Bt3—79 to 97 centimeters (31.1 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior silty clay loam; 2 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) fine and 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 1.0 fine roots; 20 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 01N01134; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 211115; continuous - phpvsfiid 211115
    Bt4—97 to 120 centimeters (38.2 to 47.2 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) exterior silty clay loam; 2 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine and 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 15 percent distinct , moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 4 percent fine black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 01N01135; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 211116; continuous - phpvsfiid 211116
    Bt5—120 to 150 centimeters (47.2 to 59.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) exterior silty clay loam; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine and 3 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) fine mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; 10 percent distinct , moist, clay films; 2 percent fine black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses; 5 percent by volume flat strongly coherent cemented ? to 300-? millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 01N01136; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 211117; continuous - phpvsfiid 211117
    Btk—150 to 165 centimeters (59.1 to 65.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) exterior silty clay loam; 3 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; fragments. Lab sample # 01N01137; observed in pit, small