IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sibley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000KS103003
  • User Pedon ID: S2000KS103003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01N0169
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14237
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 39.3565025
  • Std. Longitude: -94.9454727
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8S
  • Range: 22E
  • Section: 15
  • 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: D. Kacirek
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sibley
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • PSC - 24 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/31/2000
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/31/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - overcast
  • Current Air Temp - 17
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—40

    24—239

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    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

    6

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    —

    268

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    280

    960

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    185

    12

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    A—0 to 14 centimeters (0.0 to 5.5 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face silty clay loam; weak fine granular, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N01138; observed in pit, small
    BA—14 to 24 centimeters (5.5 to 9.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N01139; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—24 to 40 centimeters (9.4 to 15.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic structure; 40 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N01140; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 211118; continuous - phpvsfiid 211118
    Bt2—40 to 62 centimeters (15.7 to 24.4 inches); 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face and 50 percent brown (10YR 4/3) broken face silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic structure; 40 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 40 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N01141; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 211119; patchy - phpvsfiid 211120; continuous - phpvsfiid 211119; patchy - phpvsfiid 211120
    Bt3—62 to 96 centimeters (24.4 to 37.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic structure; 35 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N01142; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 211121; continuous - phpvsfiid 211121
    Bt4—96 to 131 centimeters (37.8 to 51.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic structure; 30 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N01143; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 211122; continuous - phpvsfiid 211122
    Bt5—131 to 168 centimeters (51.6 to 66.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face silty clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic structure; 25 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N01144; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 211123; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 211123
    Bt6—168 to 199 centimeters (66.1 to 78.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic structure; 10 percent faint , moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 2 percent fine distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, manganese masses and 10 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions lining pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N01145; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 211124; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 211124
    Bt7—199 to 239 centimeters (78.3 to 94.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) broken face silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; 10 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 35 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses on faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 01N01146; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 211125; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 211125