IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lanton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2005KS011001
  • User Pedon ID: S2005KS011001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0469
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17311
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 37.8322220
  • Std. Longitude: -94.7328644
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25S
  • Range: 24E
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: NE1/4
  • Location Description: Approximately 1.5 miles west of Fort Scott, Kansas.
  • Map Unit: 8151—Lanton silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS011—Bourbon
  • MLRA: 112—Cherokee Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS011—Bourbon County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37094-G6—Fort Scott, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Gastineau, W. Wehmueller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, thermic Cumulic Vertic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lanton
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, thermic Cumulic Vertic Endoaquolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/29/2004
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0.1 dS/m of 1. EC for 0-22cm and 0.1 dS/m of 2. EC for 22-44cm and 0.1 dS/m of 3. EC for 44-60cm and 0.1 dS/m of 4. EC for 60-73cm and 0.2 dS/m of 5. EC for 73-103cm and 0.2 dS/m of 6. EC for 103-137cm and 0.2 dS/m of 7. EC for 137-240cm


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-silty and fine alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for very brief periods
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/29/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 29
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - overcast
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    aquic conditions

    0—103

    73—240

    73—240

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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

    0.1

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    —

    242

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    350

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    Ap—0 to 22 centimeters (0.0 to 8.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed silt loam; 25 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 8.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 8.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine low-continuity tubular and 4.0 medium low-continuity tubular and 5.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N02681; very moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Ad—22 to 44 centimeters (8.7 to 17.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior silt loam; 25 percent clay; strong coarse platy parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 very fine roots in cracks and 3.0 fine roots in cracks; 5.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular and 5.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 3 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries lining pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N02682; very moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 280954; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 280954
    2A—44 to 60 centimeters (17.3 to 23.6 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) exterior silty clay loam; 33 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to strong medium granular structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; 4.0 very fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N02683; very moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2BA—60 to 73 centimeters (23.6 to 28.7 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior silty clay loam; 38 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine high-continuity tubular and 5.0 fine high-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N02684; very moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2Bg1—73 to 103 centimeters (28.7 to 40.6 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior silty clay; 43 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular and 3.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 60 percent coarse distinct irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N02685; very moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2Bg2—103 to 137 centimeters (40.6 to 53.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) exterior silty clay; 52 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; slow permeability; 3.0 very fine roots in cracks and 3.0 fine roots in cracks; 2.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 15 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, pressure faces on top faces of peds; 40 percent coarse distinct irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries on faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct spherical weakly coherent cemented carbonate nodules with diffuse boundaries throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N02686; very moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 280955; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 280955
    2Bg3—137 to 240 centimeters (53.9 to 94.5 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) exterior silty clay loam; 10 percent sand; 38 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to strong coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular and 3.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent prominent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, silt coats on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent medium prominent spherical moderately coherent cemented black (N 2/0), moist, iron-manganese concretions with clear boundaries throughout and 45 percent coarse distinct irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries on faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct spherical weakly coherent cemented carbonate nodules with diffuse boundaries throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter. Lab sample # 05N02687; very moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 280956; continuous - phpvsfiid 280956
    240 to 300 centimeters (94.5 to 118.1 inches); silty clay loam; fragments.; observed in auger, screw
    2C1—300 to 390 centimeters (118.1 to 153.5 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 05N02688; observed in auger, screw
    2C2—390 to 510 centimeters (153.5 to 200.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 05N02689; observed in auger, screw
    2C3—510 to 706 centimeters (200.8 to 278.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 05N02690; observed in auger, screw
    2C4—706 to 760 centimeters (278.0 to 299.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 05N02691; observed in auger, screw