IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Longford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2002KS029001
  • User Pedon ID: S2002KS029001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0363
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15297
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 39.3635445
  • Std. Longitude: -97.5996170
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8S
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4 of NW1/4 of NE1/4
  • Location Description: Located 3 and 1/2 miles east of the intersection of U.S. highways 24 and 81 on the south side of the road in a pasture.
  • Map Unit: Ln—LONGFORD SILT LOAM, 3 TO 7 PERCENT SLOPES
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS029—Cloud
  • MLRA: 75—Central Loess Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS029—Cloud County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39097-C5—Lamar, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. Kichler, J.C. Remley, W. Wehmueller, C. Watts, P. Finnell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Longford
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Argiustolls
  • PSC - 39 to 89 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/19/2002
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 66 cm of Depth to discontinuity


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty and clayey loess over loamy residuum weathered from sandstone and shale
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Dakota Formation formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/19/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 47
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    0—26

    39—93

    132—191

    —26—

    —56—

    —-
    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

    —

    —

    472

    —

    90

    28

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    Ap1—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; silt loam; 25 percent clay; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; moderate permeability; 35.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N01898; observed in trench
    Ap2—12 to 26 centimeters (4.7 to 10.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; moderate permeability; 25.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N01899; observed in trench
    AB—26 to 39 centimeters (10.2 to 15.4 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, 60 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face and 40 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 38 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; moderately slow permeability; 10.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded strongly coherent cemented ? to 30-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N01900; observed in trench
    Bt1—39 to 66 centimeters (15.4 to 26.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) exterior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) exterior, moist; clay; 42 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 fine roots between peds; 15 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent irregular yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries on faces of peds; 3 percent by volume nonflat rounded strongly coherent cemented 2-30-70 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N01901; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 237979; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 237979
    2Bt2—66 to 93 centimeters (26.0 to 36.6 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) exterior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) exterior, moist; very channery clay loam; 38 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; slow permeability; 3.0 fine roots between peds; 10 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries along lamina or strata surfaces and 2 percent fine and medium prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries on faces of peds and 10 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries along lamina or strata surfaces; 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded strongly coherent cemented 2-30-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume flat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 75-106-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N01902; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 237980; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 237980
    2C1—93 to 112 centimeters (36.6 to 44.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) crushed, pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, moist; extremely parachannery silt loam; 22 percent clay; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; massive; firm; moderately slow permeability; 2.0 fine roots between peds; 2 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries in cracks and 5 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries along lamina or strata surfaces and 10 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries along lamina or strata surfaces; 55 percent by volume flat subrounded weakly coherent cemented 2-128-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N01903; observed in trench
    2C2—112 to 132 centimeters (44.1 to 52.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) exterior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior, moist; clay loam; 31 percent clay; massive; firm; moderately slow permeability; 1.0 fine roots between peds; 5 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries in cracks and 10 percent medium prominent irregular brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, iron-manganese masses in cracks; 90 percent by volume flat subrounded weakly coherent cemented 2-128-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N01904; observed in trench
    2C3—132 to 167 centimeters (52.0 to 65.7 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) exterior, light gray (10YR 7/2) exterior, moist; silty clay; 48 percent clay; massive; very firm; very slow permeability; 1.0 fine roots between peds; 2 percent fine prominent spherical moderately coherent cemented iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries in cracks and 5 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, iron-manganese masses along lamina or strata surfaces and 7 percent coarse prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, iron-manganese masses along lamina or strata surfaces and 8 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses along lamina or strata surfaces; 3 percent very coarse carbonate masses; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N01905; observed in trench
    2C4—167 to 191 centimeters (65.7 to 75.2 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) exterior, moist; silty clay; 50 percent clay; 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; massive; very firm; very slow permeability; 5 percent distinct slickensides (geogenic); 10 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries in cracks; 1 percent very coarse carbonate masses; fragments. Lab sample # 02N01906; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 237981; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 237981