IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elmont
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2005KS103401
  • User Pedon ID: S2005KS103401
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0692
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17625
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 39.0449715
  • Std. Longitude: -95.0847244
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11 S
  • Range: 21 E
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 600 feet north and 2400 feet east of the southwest corner
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS103—Leavenworth
  • MLRA: 106—Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39095-A1—Tonganoxie, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Evans
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 401
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elmont
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/28/2005
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-silty residuum weathered from shale and siltstone
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Bedrock: moderately coherent at 140cm
  • Geology: Vinland Shale member of the Stranger formation in the Douglas group.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/28/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 41
  • 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 Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

    moderately coherent

    140 -

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—29

    48—70

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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

    7

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    259

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    270

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    A1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N03988
    A2—15 to 29 centimeters (5.9 to 11.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N03989
    BA—29 to 48 centimeters (11.4 to 18.9 inches); 75 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and 25 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N03990
    Bw—48 to 70 centimeters (18.9 to 27.6 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5 percent fine distinct reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N03991
    BC—70 to 102 centimeters (27.6 to 40.2 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 25 percent fine prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N03992
    C1—102 to 116 centimeters (40.2 to 45.7 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3) silt loam; massive; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 25 percent coarse prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N03993
    C2—116 to 140 centimeters (45.7 to 55.1 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) silt loam; massive; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 25 percent coarse prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N03994
    Cr—140 to 215 centimeters (55.1 to 84.6 inches); 50 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) and 50 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4); 15 percent coarse distinct reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments.