IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Crete
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000KS027003
  • User Pedon ID: S2001KS027003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01P0243
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 13075
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 39.2034874
  • Std. Longitude: -97.2352219
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10S
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 600 feet S and 1450 feet E of the NW corner
  • Location Description: Approximately 5 miles east and 2 miles north of Longford, Kansas.
  • 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 #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Crete
  • PSC - 24 to 74 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: 160 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: lower 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 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown 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—79

    24—95

    —79—

    —71—
    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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    —

    390

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    25

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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 fine granular structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01P01455; 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 fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01P01456
    Ap3—10 to 24 centimeters (3.9 to 9.4 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01P01457
    Bt1—24 to 57 centimeters (9.4 to 22.4 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, moist; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very 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 # 01P01458. continuous - phpvsfiid 170635; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 170636; continuous - phpvsfiid 170635; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 170636
    Bt2—57 to 79 centimeters (22.4 to 31.1 inches);, very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) exterior and dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, moist; silty clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium 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; 1 percent fine spherical carbonate nodules in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01P01459. continuous - phpvsfiid 170637; continuous - phpvsfiid 170637
    Btk—79 to 95 centimeters (31.1 to 37.4 inches);, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) 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; 10 percent fine distinct irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 10 percent fine spherical carbonate nodules in matrix and 5 percent medium spherical carbonate nodules in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01P01460. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 170639; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 170639
    Bk—95 to 114 centimeters (37.4 to 44.9 inches);, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 15 percent fine distinct irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), 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 # 01P01461
    BC—114 to 132 centimeters (44.9 to 52.0 inches);, 90 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) exterior and 10 percent dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 5.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent fine distinct irregular dark gray (7.5YR 4/1), moist, iron depletions infused into matrix along faces of peds and 10 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 # 01P01462
    C—132 to 160 centimeters (52.0 to 63.0 inches);, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; massive; friable; 5.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 15 percent medium distinct irregular brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01P01463
    2Bt3—160 to 200 centimeters (63.0 to 78.7 inches);, 60 percent dark gray (7.5YR 4/1) exterior and 40 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 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 medium distinct irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 5 percent fine distinct irregular dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 01P01464. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 170641; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 170641
    2Bt4—200 to 272 centimeters (78.7 to 107.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 01P01465
    2BC—272 to 290 centimeters (107.1 to 114.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 01P01466
    3Cr—290 to 310 centimeters (114.2 to 122.0 inches); fragments.