IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Kimo
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S2001KS161007
User Pedon ID:
S2001KS161007
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
02N0469
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
15670
Print Date:
11/12/2024
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:
39.1365776
Std. Longitude:
-96.6206589
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
10S
Range:
7E
Section:
35
PLSS Details:
1400 feet north and 1200 feet east of the southwest corner
Location Description:
Kansas State University - Ashland Experiment Station, about 4 miles south of Manhattan, Kansas
Map Unit:
Mu—MUIR SILT LOAM, RARELY FLOODED
State:
Kansas
County:
KS161—Riley
MLRA:
76—Bluestem Hills
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
KS161—Riley County, Kansas
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
39096-B6—Keats, Kansas
PEDON
Describers Name:
B. Evans, B. Plinsky, L. Sabata, J.C. Remley, W. Wehmueller
Current Taxonomic Class:
Clayey over loamy, smectitic, mesic Fluvaquentic Hapludolls
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
OSD pedon
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
NASIS
Pedon #:
7
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Kimo
Taxonomic Class -
Clayey over loamy, smectitic, mesic Fluvaquentic Hapludolls
PSC -
25 to 100 cm.
Classificaton Date -
10/17/2001
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
eighth edition
Moisture Class -
udic
Moisture SUBClass -
udic
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landscape:
river valley
Landform:
fluvial terrace
Geomorphic Component Terraces:
tread
Runoff:
high
Drainage Class:
somewhat poorly
Flooding:
rare flooding for brief periods
Geology:
Holliday Terrace formation.
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
10/17/2001 (actual site observation date)
Air Photo ID:
31
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
crop cover
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Drained? -
no
Bedded Soil? -
no
Forest Plantation? -
no
Pedon Restrictions
Kind
Hardness
Restriction Depth L-H
Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
cm
abrupt textural change
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75 - 203
- 128 -
Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
mollic epipedon
cambic horizon
0—59
20—59
—59—
—39—
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
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Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; slow permeability; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N02417; observed in trench
Bw1—20 to 40 centimeters (7.9 to 15.7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; slow permeability; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N02418; observed in trench
Bw2—40 to 59 centimeters (15.7 to 23.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; slow permeability; 35 percent fine distinct irregular brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N02419; observed in trench
BC—59 to 75 centimeters (23.2 to 29.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; slow permeability; 25 percent fine distinct irregular brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N02420; observed in trench
2C1—75 to 96 centimeters (29.5 to 37.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt loam; massive; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 25 percent fine distinct irregular brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N02421; observed in trench
2C2—96 to 111 centimeters (37.8 to 43.7 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt loam; massive; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 25 percent fine faint irregular brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N02422; observed in trench
2C3—111 to 128 centimeters (43.7 to 50.4 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 35 percent fine faint irregular brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N02423; observed in trench
3C1—128 to 179 centimeters (50.4 to 70.5 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) stratified stratified very fine sandy loam to silt loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 5 percent fine distinct irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N02424; observed in trench
3C2—179 to 203 centimeters (70.5 to 79.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) very fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 25 percent fine distinct irregular dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments. Lab sample # 02N02425; observed in trench