IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rossville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2002KS045001
  • User Pedon ID: S2002KS045001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 03N0153
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14804
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 39.0031357
  • Std. Longitude: -95.2228775
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12S
  • Range: 20E
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 900 feet north and 200 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: 1/2 mile east of the intersection Hwy 59 and Hwy 24. Then 1/8 mile north on East 1500 Road. Site is approximately 200 feet in to the crop field on the east side of the road.
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS045—Douglas
  • MLRA: 106—Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS045—Douglas County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39095-A2—Midland, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bruce Evans, Bill Wehmueller, Janmes Chad Remley, Lonnie Miller, Bill Johnson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Cumulic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rossville
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Cumulic Hapludolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/4/2002
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-silty alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: very rare flooding
  • Geology: Newman Terrace formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/4/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 5
  • Microrelief Kind: microhigh
  • 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

    cambic horizon

    0—112

    112—152

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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

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    Ap1—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N00763; observed in trench
    Ap2—12 to 27 centimeters (4.7 to 10.6 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N00764; observed in trench
    A—27 to 55 centimeters (10.6 to 21.7 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N00765; observed in trench
    BA—55 to 76 centimeters (21.7 to 29.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N00766; observed in trench
    Bw1—76 to 112 centimeters (29.9 to 44.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N00767; observed in trench
    Bw2—112 to 129 centimeters (44.1 to 50.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N00768; observed in trench
    BC—129 to 152 centimeters (50.8 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N00769; observed in trench
    C1—152 to 169 centimeters (59.8 to 66.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N00770; observed in trench
    C2—169 to 190 centimeters (66.5 to 74.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 25 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N00771; observed in trench
    2A—190 to 215 centimeters (74.8 to 84.6 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N00772; observed in trench
    2Bt—215 to 240 centimeters (84.6 to 94.5 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silty clay; strong fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; slow permeability; 40 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 03N00773; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 241840; continuous - phpvsfiid 241840