IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wymore
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2001KS131001
  • User Pedon ID: S2001KS131001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0092
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14476
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 39.9878769
  • Std. Longitude: -95.8891296
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1S
  • Range: 14E
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 1400 feet west and 500 feet north of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: Approximately 1.5 miles north and 4 miles east of Bern Kansas.
  • Map Unit: Wb—WYMORE SILTY CLAY LOAM, 1 TO 4 PERCENT SLOPES
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS131—Nemaha
  • MLRA: 106—Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS131—Nemaha County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39095-H8—Bern, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Abel, P, L. Sabata, M. Willoughby, J.C. Remley, W. Wehmueller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aquertic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wymore
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Aquertic Argiudolls
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/9/2001
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 41 cm of Depth to redoximorphic concentrations


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey loess
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Peorian Loess formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/9/2001 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 5
  • 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—41

    28—114

    —41—

    —86—
    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

    2

    —

    —

    405

    —

    135

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    A—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N00217; observed in trench
    AB—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N00218
    Bt1—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior silty clay; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) and 15 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N00219. continuous - phpvsfiid 236684; continuous - phpvsfiid 236685; continuous - phpvsfiid 236684; continuous - phpvsfiid 236685
    Bt2—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) exterior silty clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on vertical faces of peds and 10 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) and 15 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron infused into matrix adjacent to pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N00220. continuous - phpvsfiid 236686; continuous - phpvsfiid 236687; patchy - phpvsfiid 236688; continuous - phpvsfiid 236686; continuous - phpvsfiid 236687; patchy - phpvsfiid 236688
    Bt3—61 to 94 centimeters (24.0 to 37.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) exterior silty clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 3 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on vertical faces of peds and 8 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) and 15 percent distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron infused into matrix along faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N00221. continuous - phpvsfiid 236689; continuous - phpvsfiid 236690; patchy - phpvsfiid 236691; continuous - phpvsfiid 236689; continuous - phpvsfiid 236690; patchy - phpvsfiid 236691
    Bt4—94 to 114 centimeters (37.0 to 44.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) exterior silty clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) and 5 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine distinct spherical noncoherent cemented iron-manganese nodules and 10 percent fine and medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented dark gray (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron infused into matrix along faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N00222. continuous - phpvsfiid 236692; continuous - phpvsfiid 236693; continuous - phpvsfiid 236692; continuous - phpvsfiid 236693
    BC—114 to 130 centimeters (44.9 to 51.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) exterior silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2 percent fine distinct spherical noncoherent cemented iron-manganese nodules and 20 percent medium and coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries infused into matrix along faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N00223
    C1—130 to 163 centimeters (51.2 to 64.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) exterior silty clay loam; massive; friable; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent fine distinct spherical noncoherent cemented iron-manganese nodules in matrix and 10 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron infused into matrix along faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N00224
    C2—163 to 200 centimeters (64.2 to 78.7 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) exterior silty clay loam; massive; friable; 5 percent fine distinct spherical noncoherent cemented iron-manganese nodules in matrix and 10 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron infused into matrix along faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 02N00225