IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lanton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2005KS205001
  • User Pedon ID: S2005KS205001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0470
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17312
  • Print Date: 11/14/2024

    • 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: 37.7220268
  • Std. Longitude: -95.7528915
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27S
  • Range: 15E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: approximately 2300 ft east, and 980 ft north of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: Approximately 3 miles west and 1 mile north of Buffalo, Kansas.
  • Map Unit: 8150—Lanton silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS205—Wilson
  • MLRA: 112—Cherokee Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS205—Wilson County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37095-F6—Buffalo, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Gastineau, W. Wehmueller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, thermic Cumulic Endoaquolls
  • 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 - Lanton
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, thermic Cumulic Endoaquolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/28/2004
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 0.1 dS/m of 1. EC for 0-20cm and 0.1 dS/m of 2. EC for 20-30cm and 0.1 dS/m of 3. EC for 30-41cm and 0.2 dS/m of 4. EC for 41-70cm and 0.2 dS/m of 5. EC for 70-127 and 0.4 dS/m of 6. EC for 127-183 and 0.3 dS/m of 7. EC for 183-240


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-silty alluvium
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for very brief periods
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/28/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 3
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Microrelief Kind: microhigh
  • 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
  • Current Weather - overcast
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    aquic conditions

    0—127

    41—240

    127—240

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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

    0.2

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    269

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    45

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed silt loam; 18 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 7.0 very fine roots throughout and 7.0 fine roots throughout; 6.0 very fine low-continuity tubular and 1.0 medium low-continuity tubular and 6.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N02692; very moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Ad—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior silt loam; 21 percent clay; moderate coarse platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 very fine roots in cracks and 3.0 fine roots in cracks; 4.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N02693; very moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BA—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior silt loam; 26 percent clay; moderate coarse angular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 6.0 very fine roots throughout and 6.0 fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular and 2.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent medium distinct spherical noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries infused into matrix along faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N02694; very moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—41 to 70 centimeters (16.1 to 27.6 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior silty clay loam; 33 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine high-continuity tubular and 3.0 fine high-continuity tubular pores; 4 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries infused into matrix along faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N02695; very moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—70 to 127 centimeters (27.6 to 50.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; slow permeability; 2.0 very fine roots between peds; 8.0 very fine high-continuity tubular and 2.0 fine high-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and 3 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent spherical weakly coherent cemented black (N 2/0), moist, iron-manganese nodules with diffuse boundaries throughout and 10 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented brown (10YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries infused into matrix along faces of peds; 1 percent very fine prominent irregular very weakly coherent cemented gypsum crystals, unspecified with sharp boundaries on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N02696; very moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 280950; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 280951; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 280950; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 280951
    Bg1—127 to 183 centimeters (50.0 to 72.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) exterior silty clay; 43 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; moderately slow permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 7.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores; 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; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N02697; very moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 280952; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 280952
    Bg2—183 to 240 centimeters (72.0 to 94.5 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) exterior silty clay; 42 percent clay; moderate fine prismatic structure; extremely hard, extremely firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; moderately slow permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 7.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 3 percent faint very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, pressure faces on top faces of peds; 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; flat angular very weakly coherent cemented 5-7-10 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, pH meter. Lab sample # 05N02698; very moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 280953; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 280953
    Cg1—240 to 340 centimeters (94.5 to 133.9 inches); silty clay; 1 percent by volume flat subrounded moderately coherent cemented 5-10-15 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume flat angular very weakly coherent cemented 5-10-15 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 05N02699; observed in auger, screw
    Cg2—340 to 460 centimeters (133.9 to 181.1 inches); silty clay; 2 percent by volume flat subrounded moderately coherent cemented 5-10-15 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume flat angular very weakly coherent cemented 5-10-15 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 05N02700; observed in auger, screw
    Cr—460 to 530 centimeters (181.1 to 208.7 inches); fragments.; observed in auger, screw