IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Armster
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S2006KS103105
User Pedon ID:
S2006KS103105
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
06N0843
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
18466
Print Date:
11/24/2024
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:
39.1639709
Std. Longitude:
-94.9806366
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
10 S
Range:
21 E
Section:
20
PLSS Details:
2300 feet north and 1400 feet west of the southeast corner
Location Description:
Mrs. Schellers. About 2 miles west of Basehor on Hwy 36, then 1 mile north on 175th St, then .2 of a mile east on Donahoo Rd. Go .75 of a mile north on 174th St Site is several hundred feet in the field to the west
State:
Kansas
County:
KS103—Leavenworth
MLRA:
106—Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
KS103—Leavenworth County, Kansas
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
39094-B8—Basehor, Kansas
PEDON
Describers Name:
B. Evans, C. Remley, L. Gray, D. Kacirek, C. Sorenson, R. Still, T. Harrington
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine, smectitic, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
classifies to current taxon name, full description
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
NASIS
Pedon #:
105
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Armster
Taxonomic Class -
Fine, smectitic, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs
PSC -
22 to 72 cm.
Classificaton Date -
4/18/2006
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
ninth edition
Moisture Class -
udic
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
Field Measured Properties:
39 cm of Loess cap thickness
SITE
Parent Material:
clayey pedisediment
Landscape:
upland
Landform:
hillside
Hill Slope Profile:
backslope
Drainage Class:
moderately well
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
4/18/2006 (actual site observation date)
Air Photo ID:
28
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 Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
mollic epipedon
argillic horizon
0—22
22—130
—22—
—108—
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
10
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278
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270
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Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; 36 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 30.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N03599; observed in pit, small
A—10 to 22 centimeters (3.9 to 8.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; 36 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 30.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N03600; observed in pit, small
Bt1—22 to 39 centimeters (8.7 to 15.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; 39 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; slow permeability; 25.0 fine roots throughout; 40 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent by volume subrounded 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 7 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N03601; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 393412; continuous - phpvsfiid 393412
2Bt2—39 to 66 centimeters (15.4 to 26.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay; 42 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; slow permeability; 10.0 fine roots throughout; 50 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N03602; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 393413; continuous - phpvsfiid 393413
2Bt3—66 to 104 centimeters (26.0 to 40.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay; 42 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; slow permeability; 10.0 fine roots throughout; 45 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 4 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N03603; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 393414; continuous - phpvsfiid 393414
2Bt4—104 to 130 centimeters (40.9 to 51.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) clay; 42 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; slow permeability; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 40 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 4 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N03604; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 393415; continuous - phpvsfiid 393415
2C1—130 to 160 centimeters (51.2 to 63.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay; massive; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; slow permeability; 4 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; - 20 - percent of the total horizon; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N03605; observed in pit, small
2C2—160 to 203 centimeters (63.0 to 79.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) sandy clay; massive; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; slow permeability; 4 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; - 9 - percent of the total horizon. Lab sample # 06N03606; observed in pit, small