IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muscotah
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2001KS177007
  • User Pedon ID: S2001KS177007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0251
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14619
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 39.1368370
  • Std. Longitude: -95.9366379
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10S
  • Range: 13E
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 2600 feet north and 1700 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: KSU Ag Experiment Station, Paramore Field, 2.25 miles west of Highway 75 and north of Topeka, Kansas
  • Map Unit: Re—READING SILTY CLAY LOAM, 0 TO 2 PERCENT SLOPES, RARELY FLOODED
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS177—Shawnee
  • MLRA: 106—Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS177—Shawnee County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39095-B8—Rossville, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Evans, B. Plinsky, L. Miller, J.C. Remley, W. Wehmueller, D. Kacirik, T. Reinsch
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Cumulic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Muscotah
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Cumulic Hapludolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/28/2001
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty and clayey alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: meander scar on fluvial terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: very rare flooding
  • Geology: Newman Terrace formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/28/2001 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 8
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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

    0—43

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    Setting and Climate
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    Ap1—0 to 16 centimeters (0.0 to 6.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 30.0 fine roots throughout and 5.0 coarse roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N01158; observed in trench
    Ap2—16 to 33 centimeters (6.3 to 13.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 30.0 fine roots throughout and 5.0 coarse roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N01159; observed in trench
    A—33 to 61 centimeters (13.0 to 24.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 30.0 fine roots throughout; 25 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N01160; observed in trench. patchy - phpvsfiid 238629; patchy - phpvsfiid 238629
    Bw—61 to 83 centimeters (24.0 to 32.7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; 5 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 30 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N01161; observed in trench. patchy - phpvsfiid 238630; patchy - phpvsfiid 238630
    Bgss1—83 to 112 centimeters (32.7 to 44.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) silty clay; 5 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine prominent mottles; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; slow permeability; 15 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N01162; observed in trench. some strata is 5 cm thick, that are darrker and possibly higher in organic carbon.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 238631; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 238631
    Bgss2—112 to 134 centimeters (44.1 to 52.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) silty clay; 5 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; slow permeability; 20 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N01163; observed in trench. many very fine strata like the Cozads, less than 1mm thick.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 238632; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 238632
    Bkss1—134 to 167 centimeters (52.8 to 65.7 inches); silty clay; 5 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) fine distinct mottles; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; slow permeability; 20 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) on all faces of peds; 5 percent spherical carbonate nodules; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N01164; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 238633; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 238633
    Bkss2—167 to 202 centimeters (65.7 to 79.5 inches); silty clay loam; 5 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; slow permeability; 30 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) on all faces of peds; 30 percent spherical carbonate nodules; fragments. Lab sample # 02N01165; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 238634; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 238634