IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kenoma
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2005KS133003
  • User Pedon ID: S2005KS133003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2005KS133003
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas Soil Temperature and Water Study
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 06N0122
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18039
  • Print Date: 4/24/2025

    • 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: 37.5138893
  • Std. Longitude: -95.3527222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 29S
  • Range: 19E
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: approximately 2640 ft east and 225 ft south of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: Approximately 3 miles north of Galesburg, KS.
  • Map Unit: Ka—KENOMA SILT LOAM, 1 TO 3 PERCENT SLOPES8775—Kenoma silt loam, 1 to 3 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, W. Wehmueller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Vertic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kenoma
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, thermic Vertic Argiudolls
  • PSC - 17 to 67 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/20/2005
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty loess derived from sedimentary rock over clayey alluvium derived from sedimentary rock over clayey residuum weathered from shale
  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: paleoterrace
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Chanute Shale formation of the Kansas City Group group.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/20/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    2BARE

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    Bare Ground

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    slickensides

    lithologic discontinuity

    slickensides

    0—71

    17—128

    38—71

    71—

    101—174

    —71—

    —111—

    —33—

    —-

    —73—
    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

    —

    —

    294

    —

    90

    104

    —

    —

    14

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    —

    —

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    Ap—0 to 17 centimeters (0.0 to 6.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed silt loam; 22 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 10 um/s; moderate permeability; 6.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular and 1.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries infused into matrix adjacent to pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N00335; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bt1—17 to 38 centimeters (6.7 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed silty clay; 49 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 1 um/s; slow permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular and 3.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 30 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries infused into matrix adjacent to pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N00336; very moist when described; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 326275; continuous - phpvsfiid 326275
    Bt2—38 to 71 centimeters (15.0 to 28.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed silty clay; 55 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 0.5 um/s; slow permeability; 4.0 very fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular and 1.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on all faces of peds and 30 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries infused into matrix along faces of peds and 7 percent fine prominent spherical moderately coherent cemented black (N 2/0), moist, iron-manganese nodules with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N00337; very moist when described; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 326276; continuous - phpvsfiid 326277; continuous - phpvsfiid 326276; continuous - phpvsfiid 326277
    2Btg1—71 to 101 centimeters (28.0 to 39.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face silty clay; 50 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; Ksat of 0.1 um/s; very slow permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 15 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, silt coats on vertical faces of peds and 20 percent faint dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine distinct irregular very weakly coherent cemented black (N 2/0), moist, manganese masses with diffuse boundaries infused into matrix along faces of peds and 20 percent coarse distinct irregular noncoherent cemented gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 1 percent fine prominent dendritic weakly coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, gypsum crystals, unspecified with sharp boundaries lining pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N00338; moderately dry when described; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 326278; continuous - phpvsfiid 326279; continuous - phpvsfiid 326278; continuous - phpvsfiid 326279
    2Btg2—101 to 128 centimeters (39.8 to 50.4 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face silty clay; 55 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; Ksat of 0.1 um/s; very slow permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular and 2.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on all faces of peds and 3 percent distinct organoargillans on all faces of peds and 20 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent coarse distinct irregular very weakly coherent cemented black (N 2/0), moist, manganese masses with diffuse boundaries infused into matrix along faces of peds and 20 percent coarse distinct irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries infused into matrix along faces of peds; 1 percent by volume flat subrounded noncoherent cemented 2-30-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N00339; slightly moist when described; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 326280; continuous - phpvsfiid 326281; continuous - phpvsfiid 326282; continuous - phpvsfiid 326280; continuous - phpvsfiid 326281; continuous - phpvsfiid 326282
    2Bssg1—128 to 156 centimeters (50.4 to 61.4 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face silty clay; 55 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; Ksat of 0.1 um/s; very slow permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular and 2.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on all faces of peds and 40 percent faint dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent coarse distinct irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries infused into matrix along faces of peds and 5 percent coarse distinct irregular very weakly coherent cemented black (N 2/0), moist, manganese masses with diffuse boundaries infused into matrix along faces of peds; 3 percent by volume flat subrounded noncoherent cemented 2-30-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N00340; slightly moist when described; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 326283; continuous - phpvsfiid 326284; continuous - phpvsfiid 326283; continuous - phpvsfiid 326284
    2Bssg2—156 to 174 centimeters (61.4 to 68.5 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face silty clay; 52 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; Ksat of 0.1 um/s; very slow permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and 20 percent faint dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 20 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries infused into matrix along faces of peds; 5 percent by volume flat subrounded noncoherent cemented 2-30-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N00341; moist when described; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 326285; continuous - phpvsfiid 326286; continuous - phpvsfiid 326287; continuous - phpvsfiid 326285; continuous - phpvsfiid 326286; continuous - phpvsfiid 326287
    2BC—174 to 195 centimeters (68.5 to 76.8 inches); 50 percent dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) broken face and 40 percent gray (5Y 6/1) broken face and 10 percent black (N 2/0) broken face silty clay; 55 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; Ksat of 0.1 um/s; very slow permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent faint gray (2.5Y 5/1), moist, pressure faces on all faces of peds; 5 percent coarse prominent irregular moderately coherent cemented black (N 2/0), moist, manganese masses with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 10 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries infused into matrix along faces of peds; 50 percent by volume flat subrounded noncoherent cemented 2-30-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N00342; moist when described; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 326288; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 326288