IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Polo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2005KS103402
  • User Pedon ID: S2005KS103402
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0693
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17626
  • 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: 39.1105537
  • Std. Longitude: -95.1299973
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11 S
  • Range: 21 E
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 400 feet north and 1100 feet east of northwest corner
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS103—Leavenworth
  • MLRA: 106—Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39095-A2—Midland, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Evans
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 402
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Polo
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • PSC - 29 to 79 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/29/2005
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 55 cm of Depth to lithologic discontinuity


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty and clayey loess over silty and clayey residuum weathered from limestone and shale
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Bedrock: indurated at 201cm
  • Geology: Kereford Limestone member of the Oread Limestone formation in the Shawnee group.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/29/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 33
  • 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, lithic

    indurated

    201 -

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—29

    29—201

    —29—

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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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    320

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    0

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    Ap—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silt loam; strong fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N03995
    A—9 to 20 centimeters (3.5 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N03996
    BA—20 to 29 centimeters (7.9 to 11.4 inches); 75 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and 25 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; 38 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent distinct very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, organic stains on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N03997. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 326265; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 326265
    Bt1—29 to 55 centimeters (11.4 to 21.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; 38 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N03998. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 326266; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 326266
    2Bt2—55 to 78 centimeters (21.7 to 30.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; 38 percent clay; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses infused into matrix along faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N03999. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 326267; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 326267
    2Bt3—78 to 98 centimeters (30.7 to 38.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay; 40 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 25 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses infused into matrix along faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N04000. continuous - phpvsfiid 326268; continuous - phpvsfiid 326268
    2Bt4—98 to 125 centimeters (38.6 to 49.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; 39 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 30 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N04001. continuous - phpvsfiid 326269; continuous - phpvsfiid 326269
    2Bt5—125 to 201 centimeters (49.2 to 79.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) silty clay; 40 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 25 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N04002. continuous - phpvsfiid 326270; continuous - phpvsfiid 326270
    2R—201 to 215 centimeters (79.1 to 84.6 inches); fragments.