IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wathena
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2002KS103003
  • User Pedon ID: S2002KS103003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0941
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15010
  • 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: 39.2668495
  • Std. Longitude: -94.8468857
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 52N
  • Range: 35W
  • Section: 32
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS103—Leavenworth
  • MLRA: 106—Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS103—Leavenworth County, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dave Kacirek
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Mollic Udifluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wathena
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Mollic Udifluvents
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/5/2002
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: stratified sandy alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/5/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 15
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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—15

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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
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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark olive brown (2.5Y 3/3) loamy fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 02N04461
    C1—15 to 48 centimeters (5.9 to 18.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) loamy fine sand; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 02N04462
    C2—48 to 81 centimeters (18.9 to 31.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) stratified stratified loamy fine sand; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 02N04463
    C3—81 to 94 centimeters (31.9 to 37.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) stratified stratified loamy fine sand; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 02N04464
    2Ab—94 to 129 centimeters (37.0 to 50.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 02N04465