IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Parsons

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2005KS133001

User Pedon ID: S2005KS133001

Vegetation Plot ID: S2005KS133001

User Site Association ID: MO5 Water table study using Global Water loggersKansas Soil Temperature and Water Study

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 05N0499

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17344

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: 37.5074997

Std. Longitude: -95.3561096

Datum: WGS84

Township: 29S

Range: 19E

Section: 20

PLSS Details: 2650 feet S and 1650 feet E of NW corner

Location Description: About 2.5 miles north of Galesburg, Kansas.

Map Unit: Pa—PARSONS SILT LOAM, 0 TO 1 PERCENT SLOPES8863—Parsons silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes

State: Kansas

County: KS133—Neosho

MLRA: 112—Cherokee Prairies

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS133—Neosho County, Kansas

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37095-E3—Shaw, Kansas

PEDON

Describers Name: D. Gastineau, J. McDowell, JC Remley, W. Wehmueller

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, thermic Aquollic Hapludalfs

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 - Parsons

Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, active, thermic Aquollic Hapludalfs

PSC - 36 to 86 cm.

Classificaton Date - 3/28/2005

Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition

Moisture Class - udic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 0

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Landscape: alluvial plain remnant

Landform: paleoterrace

Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: convex

Slope Shape Down: linear

Runoff: low

Drainage Class: somewhat poorly

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Bedrock: strongly coherent at 310cm

Geology: Cherryvale Shale formation of the Kansas City Group group.

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 3/28/2005 (actual site observation date)

Surface Water Kind: none observed

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
MAPO CELTI SYOR	Maclura pomifera Celtis Symphoricarpos orbiculatus	Osage-orange hackberry coralberry	— — —	— — —	— — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon albic horizon argillic horizon slickensides gypsic horizon	0—36 18—36 36—99 56—99 99—127	—36— —18— —63— —43— —28—

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
0.5	—	—	295	—	0	106	—	—	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, dry; silt loam; 26 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 7.0 very fine roots throughout and 7.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N02938; observed in trench. moist Dry color was not evaluated at the initial description. Don Gastineau returned to the pit site 5-12-05, removed 4 inches of surface from the location of the original pit face, dried that sample, crushed & smoothed that sample and observed the color to be 10YR 5/2. A sample from the upper 2 inches of the adjacent cultivated field (75 ft north of pit) was collected, dried, crushed and smoothed. That sample had a color of 10YR 6/2.

E—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed silt loam; 26 percent clay; weak medium angular blocky parts to weak medium granular structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 7.0 very fine roots throughout and 7.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N02939; observed in trench. moist 5% 10YR 3/2 material in vertical cracks

Bt—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face silty clay; 55 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 30 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent coarse faint irregular dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses throughout and 40 percent coarse distinct irregular dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N02940; observed in trench. very moist; continuous - phpvsfiid 288970; continuous - phpvsfiid 288970

Bss—56 to 99 centimeters (22.0 to 39.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face silty clay; 60 percent clay; strong coarse subangular blocky parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots in cracks and 3.0 fine roots in cracks; 20 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on top faces of peds and 30 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent fine prominent spherical black (N 2/0), moist, iron-manganese nodules in matrix and 15 percent coarse faint irregular dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N02941; observed in trench. moist; continuous - phpvsfiid 288971; continuous - phpvsfiid 288972; continuous - phpvsfiid 288971; continuous - phpvsfiid 288972

By—99 to 127 centimeters (39.0 to 50.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face silty clay loam; 57 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots in cracks and 3.0 fine roots in cracks; 20 percent coarse faint irregular dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses throughout; 7 percent coarse prominent irregular moderately coherent cemented gypsum masses and 3 percent fine prominent threadlike moderately coherent cemented gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N02942; observed in trench. moderately dry

2Bw1—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) broken face silty clay; 44 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots in cracks and 3.0 fine roots in cracks; 10 percent fine prominent spherical black (N 2/0), moist, iron-manganese nodules throughout and 15 percent medium distinct irregular dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, iron depletions infused into matrix along faces of peds and 50 percent coarse prominent irregular dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments. Lab sample # 05N02943; observed in trench. dry

2Bw2—152 to 203 centimeters (59.8 to 79.9 inches); silty clay; fragments. Lab sample # 05N02944; observed in auger, screw

2Bw3—203 to 274 centimeters (79.9 to 107.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 05N02945; observed in auger, screw

2C—274 to 310 centimeters (107.9 to 122.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 05N02946; observed in auger, screw