IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Corinth
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2005KS123700
  • User Pedon ID: S2005KS123700
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0696
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17645
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 39.2698059
  • Std. Longitude: -98.4722748
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9 South
  • Range: 10 West
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: NE corner of the SE Quarter
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS123—Mitchell
  • MLRA: 73—Rolling Plains and Breaks
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS123—Mitchell County, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Joe Anderson, Bob Murphy, John Warner, Tyler Labenz, Jeff Hellerich
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Calciustepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 700
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Corinth
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Calciustepts
  • PSC - 25 to 98 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/5/2005
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from calcareous shale
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: noncoherent moderate weathered shale, calcareous at 98cm
  • Geology: Fairport Chalk member of the Carlile Shale formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/5/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, densic

    noncoherent

    98 - 203

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

    ochric epipedon

    secondary carbonates

    calcic horizon

    gypsum accumulations

    0—18

    38—98

    57—98

    134—203

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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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    —

    —

    —

    270

    699

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    184

    12.2

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    ks0693

    Beloit

    WETS
    A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 10 percent sand; 60 percent silt; 30 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 1.0 very coarse roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume 2-5-20 millimeter carbonate nodules fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N04019; observed in trench
    Bw—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) broken face, olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 10 percent sand; 58 percent silt; 32 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 15 percent distinct organic stains on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-5-20 millimeter carbonate concretions fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N04020; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 326260; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 326260
    Bk1—38 to 57 centimeters (15.0 to 22.4 inches);, olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 10 percent sand; 54 percent silt; 36 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 2 percent medium prominent carbonate masses and 1 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) iron masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N04021; observed in trench
    Bk2—57 to 98 centimeters (22.4 to 38.6 inches);, 70 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) broken face and 30 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 10 percent sand; 52 percent silt; 38 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 5 percent prominent organic stains on vertical faces of peds; 12 percent coarse carbonate masses and 5 percent medium carbonate concretions and 3 percent medium strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) iron concretions; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N04022; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 326259; continuous - phpvsfiid 326259
    Cd1—98 to 134 centimeters (38.6 to 52.8 inches);, 70 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) broken face and 20 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face and 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) broken face, moist; clay; 10 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 60 percent clay; structureless massive; impermeable permeability; 10 percent medium carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N04023; observed in trench
    Cd2—134 to 203 centimeters (52.8 to 79.9 inches);, 60 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) broken face and 30 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) broken face and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face, moist; clay; 10 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 60 percent clay; structureless massive; impermeable permeability; 15 percent medium gypsum crystals, unspecified and 10 percent medium carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 05N04024; observed in trench