IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Morrill
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2005KS087003
  • User Pedon ID: S2005KS087003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0492
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17135
  • Print Date: 4/19/2025

    • 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: 39.2605553
  • Std. Longitude: -95.4602814
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9 S
  • Range: 18 E
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: 1200 feet south and 1000 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: Approximately 2 miles east of Ozawkie on Highway 92 and 2 miles north to 118th Street. West on 118th street for approxiamtely 2.8 miles onto Paradise point. Then 1200 feet south into a brome pasture.
  • Map Unit: Gy—GYMER SILT LOAM, 3 TO 7 PERCENT SLOPES7433—Morrill loam, 3 to 7 percent slopes
  • 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-C4—Valley Falls, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Evans, T. Robertson, L. Sabata, C. Remley, B. Wehmueller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Morrill
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • PSC - 39 to 89 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/9/2005
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-loamy drift
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillside
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Calhoun Shale And Deer Creek Limestone member of the Shawnee formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/9/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 17
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous 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

    argillic horizon

    0—39

    39—161

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    —122—
    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

    4

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    280

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    180

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; 25 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10.0 medium roots throughout and 20.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N02869; observed in trench
    A—13 to 27 centimeters (5.1 to 10.6 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10.0 medium roots throughout and 20.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N02870; observed in trench
    BA—27 to 39 centimeters (10.6 to 15.4 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) clay loam; 32 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10.0 medium roots throughout and 20.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N02871; observed in trench
    Bt1—39 to 72 centimeters (15.4 to 28.3 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) clay loam; 38 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10.0 medium roots throughout and 20.0 fine roots throughout; 30 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N02872; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 288967; continuous - phpvsfiid 288967
    Bt2—72 to 121 centimeters (28.3 to 47.6 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) gravelly clay loam; 38 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10.0 medium roots throughout and 20.0 fine roots throughout; 30 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 20-?-75 millimeter quartzite fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 6-?-250 millimeter quartzite fragments and 4 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 5-?-20 millimeter quartzite fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-?-5 millimeter quartzite fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N02873; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 288968; continuous - phpvsfiid 288968
    Bt3—121 to 161 centimeters (47.6 to 63.4 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) gravelly sandy clay loam; 32 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10.0 medium roots throughout and 20.0 fine roots throughout; 20 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 20-?-75 millimeter quartzite fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 6-?-250 millimeter quartzite fragments and 4 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 5-?-20 millimeter quartzite fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-?-5 millimeter quartzite fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N02874; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 288969; continuous - phpvsfiid 288969
    BC—161 to 186 centimeters (63.4 to 73.2 inches); 60 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and 40 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; 29 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10.0 medium roots throughout and 20.0 fine roots throughout; 2 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 5-?-20 millimeter quartzite fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N02875; observed in trench
    C—186 to 224 centimeters (73.2 to 88.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; 22 percent clay; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10.0 medium roots throughout and 20.0 fine roots throughout; 2 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses throughout; 2 percent by volume rounded indurated 5-?-10 millimeter quartzite fragments. Lab sample # 05N02876; observed in trench