IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muscotah
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2002KS103005
  • User Pedon ID: S2002KS103005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 03N0105
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15400
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 39.2041321
  • Std. Longitude: -95.0554581
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10S
  • Range: 21E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 800 feet north and 1600 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: Site was approximately 1/2 mile east of Jarbalo.
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS103—Leavenworth
  • MLRA: 106—Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS103—Leavenworth County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39095-B1—Jarbalo, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Evans, Chad Remley, Bill Wehmueller, Curt Sorenson, Bill Johnson, Dave Kacirik, Melvin Simpson, Larry Gray, Kim Turner, Larry Sabata, and Robert O.
  • 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 #: 5
  • 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


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/24/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 22
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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—161

    60—216

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    Setting and Climate
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    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    A1—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N00493; observed in trench
    A2—9 to 25 centimeters (3.5 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N00494; observed in trench
    Bw—25 to 60 centimeters (9.8 to 23.6 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very coarse roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N00495; observed in trench
    Bss1—60 to 80 centimeters (23.6 to 31.5 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine black (N 2/0), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N00496; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 244500; continuous - phpvsfiid 244500
    Bss2—80 to 122 centimeters (31.5 to 48.0 inches); black (2.5Y 2.5/1) silty clay; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine black (N 2/0), moist, iron-manganese masses throughout and 4 percent coarse faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N00497; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 244501; continuous - phpvsfiid 244501
    Bss3—122 to 161 centimeters (48.0 to 63.4 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; clay films on vertical faces of peds and 8 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine black (N 2/0), moist, iron-manganese masses throughout and 4 percent coarse faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N00498; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 244502; continuous - phpvsfiid 244502
    Bssg1—161 to 190 centimeters (63.4 to 74.8 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) silty clay; strong coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; N 3/1 (N 3/1), moist, organic stains and clay films on vertical faces of peds and 15 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine black (N 2/0), moist, iron-manganese masses throughout and 5 percent coarse distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N00499; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 244504; continuous - phpvsfiid 244504
    Bssg2—190 to 216 centimeters (74.8 to 85.0 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silty clay; strong medium prismatic structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; N 3/1 (N 3/1), moist, organic stains and clay films on vertical faces of peds and 4 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine black (N 2/0), moist, iron-manganese masses throughout and 15 percent coarse distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments. Lab sample # 03N00500; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 244507; continuous - phpvsfiid 244507