IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muscotah
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2002KS087001
  • User Pedon ID: S2002KS087001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 03N0104
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15399
  • 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: 39.3500290
  • Std. Longitude: -95.5639420
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8S
  • Range: 17E
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 1100 feet north and 1800 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: Site was located approximately 6 miles west of Valley Falls on Highway 16 and 5/8 mile south on North Cedar road on the west side of the road.
  • Map Unit: Wh—WABASH SILTY CLAY, 0 TO 2 PERCENT SLOPES, OCCASIONALLY FLOODED
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS087—Jefferson
  • MLRA: 106—Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS087—Jefferson County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39095-C5—Holton SE, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Evans, C. Remley, Don Gastineau, Bill Wehmueller, Bill Johnson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aquertic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Muscotah
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Aquertic Hapludolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/24/2002
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 213 cm of Depth to free water


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty and clayey alluvium
  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for brief periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/24/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 6
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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

    slickensides

    0—105

    59—190

    —105—

    —131—
    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

    1

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    270

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    A1—0 to 11 centimeters (0.0 to 4.3 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; 38 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 25.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N00485; observed in trench
    A2—11 to 21 centimeters (4.3 to 8.3 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 25.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N00486; observed in trench
    Bw—21 to 59 centimeters (8.3 to 23.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 15.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 medium roots throughout and 15.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent spherical carbonate concretions throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N00487; observed in trench
    Bss—59 to 74 centimeters (23.2 to 29.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 15.0 very fine roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; 25.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic); 5 percent fine distinct irregular dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron lining pores; 1 percent spherical carbonate concretions throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N00488; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 244510; continuous - phpvsfiid 244510
    Bssg1—74 to 105 centimeters (29.1 to 41.3 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay; strong fine prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 20.0 very fine roots throughout; 25.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular and 5.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, slickensides (pedogenic); 5 percent fine distinct irregular dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron lining pores; 1 percent spherical carbonate concretions throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N00489; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 244511; continuous - phpvsfiid 244511
    Bssg2—105 to 160 centimeters (41.3 to 63.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10.0 very fine roots throughout; 25.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular and 5.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, slickensides (pedogenic); 8 percent fine distinct irregular brown (10YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 1 percent spherical carbonate concretions throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N00490; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 244512; continuous - phpvsfiid 244512
    Bssg3—160 to 190 centimeters (63.0 to 74.8 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout; 25.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular and 5.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine spherical strongly coherent cemented iron-manganese concretions throughout and 15 percent fine distinct irregular olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 3 percent spherical carbonate concretions throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N00491; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 244513; continuous - phpvsfiid 244513
    Bg—190 to 214 centimeters (74.8 to 84.3 inches); N 4/1 (N 4/1) silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 15.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 20 percent fine distinct irregular olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 5 percent spherical carbonate concretions throughout and 1 percent threadlike gypsum crystals, unspecified throughout; fragments. Lab sample # 03N00492; observed in trench