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: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 39.1365776
  • 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

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    Setting and Climate
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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