IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wymore
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2001KS131011
  • User Pedon ID: S2001KS131011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0484
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14824
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 39.8592949
  • Std. Longitude: -96.1946411
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 1920 feet east and 1060 feet north of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: Approximately 1 miles north and 1 mile west of Baileyville, Kansas.
  • Map Unit: Wc—WYMORE SILTY CLAY LOAM, 4 TO 8 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: 39096-G2—Baileyville, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Abel, P, D. Kacirek, JC Remley, W. Wehmueller, L. Miller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aquertic Argiudolls
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wymore
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Aquertic Argiudolls
  • PSC - 14 to 64 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/24/2001
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 26 cm of Depth to redoximorphic concentrations and 90 cm of Depth to pedisediment and 157 cm of Depth to till


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/24/2001 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 18
  • 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

    secondary carbonates

    slickensides

    0—26

    14—64

    38—90

    157—203

    —26—

    —50—

    —52—

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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

    3.5

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    399

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    135

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    Ap—0 to 14 centimeters (0.0 to 5.5 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior silty clay; moderate fine granular structure; firm; 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N02488; observed in trench
    Bt1—14 to 25 centimeters (5.5 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior silty clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 15 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N02489; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 238973; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 238973
    Bt2—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); 80 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) exterior and 20 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) 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 black (10YR 2/1), 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; 2 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron infused into matrix adjacent to pores; 1 percent fine spherical weakly coherent cemented carbonate nodules with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N02490; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 238974; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 238975; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 238974; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 238975
    Bt3—38 to 50 centimeters (15.0 to 19.7 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) exterior silty clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains on vertical faces of peds and 20 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical weakly coherent cemented iron-manganese nodules with clear boundaries in matrix and 3 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron infused into matrix adjacent to pores; 2 percent fine spherical weakly coherent cemented carbonate nodules with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N02491; observed in trench. patchy - phpvsfiid 238977; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 238976; patchy - phpvsfiid 238977; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 238976
    Bt4—50 to 64 centimeters (19.7 to 25.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) exterior silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 15 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical weakly coherent cemented iron-manganese nodules with clear boundaries in matrix and 4 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, and yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron infused into matrix along faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical weakly coherent cemented carbonate nodules with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N02492; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 238978; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 238978
    BC—64 to 90 centimeters (25.2 to 35.4 inches); 70 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) exterior and 30 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) exterior silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2 percent fine and medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron infused into matrix along faces of peds and 2 percent fine distinct spherical weakly coherent cemented iron-manganese nodules in matrix; 1 percent fine spherical weakly coherent cemented carbonate nodules with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N02493; observed in trench
    2Bt5—90 to 136 centimeters (35.4 to 53.5 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 15 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 2 percent fine distinct spherical very weakly coherent cemented iron-manganese nodules in matrix and 5 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, and yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron infused into matrix along faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N02494; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 238979; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 238979
    2Bt6—136 to 157 centimeters (53.5 to 61.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) exterior clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 40 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent fine distinct spherical very weakly coherent cemented iron-manganese nodules in matrix and 10 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron infused into matrix along faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N02495; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 238980; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 238980
    3Btss—157 to 203 centimeters (61.8 to 79.9 inches); 70 percent brown (7.5YR 4/3) exterior and 30 percent brown (10YR 5/3) exterior clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; extremely firm; 30 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) and 40 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 2 percent fine 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 and 3 percent fine distinct spherical very weakly coherent cemented iron-manganese nodules in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 02N02496; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 238982; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 238981; continuous - phpvsfiid 238982; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 238981