IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Crete
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S2000KS027002
User Pedon ID:
S2001KS027002
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
01P0242
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
13074
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:
39.2081070
Std. Longitude:
-97.2371216
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
10S
Range:
2E
Section:
5
PLSS Details:
700 feet N and 1200 feet E of the SW 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, J. C. Remley, P. Abel
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine, smectitic, superactive Pachic Argiustolls
Pedon Type:
classifies to current taxon name, full description
Pedon Record Orgin:
NASIS
Pedon #:
2
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Crete
PSC -
20 to 70 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:
117 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:
summit
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 -
crop cover
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
row crop
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—62
20—93
—62—
—73—
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
0.5
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390
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135
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Ap1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; weak thin platy parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01P01439; observed in trench
Ap2—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; weak thin platy parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01P01440
Ap3—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; weak thin platy parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01P01441
Bt1—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, moist; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky, and 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 gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01P01442. continuous - phpvsfiid 170625; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 170626; continuous - phpvsfiid 170625; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 170626
Bt2—43 to 62 centimeters (16.9 to 24.4 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 medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent slickensides (pedogenic) on top faces of peds and 20 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01P01443. continuous - phpvsfiid 170627; continuous - phpvsfiid 170627
Bt3—62 to 75 centimeters (24.4 to 29.5 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, moist; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 5 percent slickensides (pedogenic) on top faces of peds and 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; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01P01444. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 170629; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 170629
Btk—75 to 93 centimeters (29.5 to 36.6 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, moist; silty clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and 5 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 2 percent fine distinct irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), 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; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01P01445. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 170631; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 170632; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 170631; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 170632
BC—93 to 117 centimeters (36.6 to 46.1 inches); 90 percent brown (10YR 5/3) exterior and 10 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior, 90 percent brown (10YR 4/3) exterior and 10 percent brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine spherical weakly coherent cemented iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries in matrix and 5 percent fine distinct irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 1 percent fine spherical carbonate nodules in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01P01446
2Bt4—117 to 135 centimeters (46.1 to 53.1 inches);, 50 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) exterior and 35 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/3) exterior and 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/2) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical weakly coherent cemented iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries in matrix and 5 percent medium distinct irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01P01447. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 170634; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 170634
2Bt5—135 to 200 centimeters (53.1 to 78.7 inches);, 95 percent brown (7.5YR 4/2) exterior and 5 percent dark gray (7.5YR 4/1) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine 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; 2 percent fine spherical weakly coherent cemented iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries in matrix and 5 percent medium distinct irregular yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 01P01448. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 170633; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 170633
2Bt6—200 to 230 centimeters (78.7 to 90.6 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 01P01449
2BC—230 to 252 centimeters (90.6 to 99.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 01P01450
3Cr—252 to 260 centimeters (99.2 to 102.4 inches); fragments.