IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Crete
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000KS027001
  • User Pedon ID: S2001KS027001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01P0241
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 13073
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 39.2078857
  • Std. Longitude: -97.2319260
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10S
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 900 feet N and 2500 feet W of the SE corner
  • Location Description: Approximately 5 miles east and 2 miles north of Longford, Kansas.
  • Map Unit: Cs—CRETE SILT LOAM, 1 TO 3 PERCENT SLOPES
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS027—Clay
  • MLRA: 74—Central Kansas Sandstone Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS027—Clay County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39097-B2—Industry, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. Wehmueller, R. Schlepp, P. Abel
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, superactive Pachic Argiustolls
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Crete
  • PSC - 37 to 87 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/13/2003
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Crete
  • Classificaton Date - 12/5/2000
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 85 cm of Depth to paleosol


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty and clayey loess over clayey pedisediment
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/5/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 42
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—56

    37—85

    —56—

    —48—
    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

    1.5

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    387

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    135

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    Ap1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches);, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01P01424; observed in trench
    Ap2—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches);, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) exterior and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01P01425
    Ap3—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches);, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) exterior and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01P01426
    A—18 to 37 centimeters (7.1 to 14.6 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01P01427
    Bt1—37 to 56 centimeters (14.6 to 22.0 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior and dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, moist; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent distinct very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, organic stains on vertical faces of peds and 20 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01P01428. continuous - phpvsfiid 170618; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 170619; continuous - phpvsfiid 170618; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 170619
    Bt2—56 to 85 centimeters (22.0 to 33.5 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, moist; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 20 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01P01429. continuous - phpvsfiid 170620; continuous - phpvsfiid 170620
    2Bt3—85 to 119 centimeters (33.5 to 46.9 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, moist; silty clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 15 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 2 percent fine distinct irregular 7.5YR 3/6 (7.5YR 3/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01P01430. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 170621; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 170621
    2Btk—119 to 157 centimeters (46.9 to 61.8 inches);, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior and brown (7.5YR 4/4) exterior, moist; silty clay; strong coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent distinct dark gray (7.5YR 4/1), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and 10 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent fine distinct irregular 7.5YR 3/6 (7.5YR 3/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 4 percent fine spherical carbonate nodules in matrix and 1 percent medium spherical carbonate nodules in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01P01431. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 170622; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 170623; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 170622; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 170623
    2Bt4—157 to 180 centimeters (61.8 to 70.9 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/2) exterior and brown (7.5YR 5/4) exterior, moist; silty clay; strong coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 15 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent fine distinct irregular 7.5YR 3/6 (7.5YR 3/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 1 percent fine spherical weakly coherent cemented carbonate nodules in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 01P01432. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 170624; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 170624