IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lula
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2007KS037107
  • User Pedon ID: S2007KS037107
  • User Site Association ID: MLRA 112 Aliceville Lula project
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 08N0032
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19520
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 37.5755234
  • Std. Longitude: -94.8418198
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28 S
  • Range: 23 E
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: 1200 ft north and 2500 ft west of the southeast corner
  • Map Unit: Ls—LULA SILT LOAM, 1 TO 3 PERCENT SLOPES8797—Lula silt loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS037—Crawford
  • MLRA: 112—Cherokee Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS037—Crawford County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37094-E7—Girard, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mark Abney, Katie Philbrick, Sheila Staton-Cllifton, Bill Wehmueller, Don Gastineau
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Oxyaquic Vertic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 107
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lula
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, thermic Oxyaquic Vertic Argiudolls
  • PSC - 31 to 81 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/29/2007
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from cherty limestone
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: indurated limestone, cherty at 110cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/29/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

    indurated

    110 - 200

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

    mollic epipedon

    redox concentrations

    argillic horizon

    slickensides

    lithic contact

    0—31

    17—110

    31—110

    79—110

    110—200

    —31—

    —93—

    —79—

    —31—

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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

    2

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    —

    306

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    90

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    Ap1—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) broken face silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate coarse granular parts to moderate medium granular structure; friable; 10.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N00191; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Ap2—7 to 17 centimeters (2.8 to 6.7 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) broken face silty clay loam; 34 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; friable; 5.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N00192; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    AB—17 to 31 centimeters (6.7 to 12.2 inches); 70 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) broken face and 30 percent brown (7.5YR 4/3) broken face silty clay loam; 38 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable; 4.0 very fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented black (7.5YR 2.5/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions with clear boundaries between peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N00193; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—31 to 57 centimeters (12.2 to 22.4 inches); 70 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/3) broken face and 30 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) broken face silty clay; 45 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 80 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine prominent spherical moderately coherent cemented black (7.5YR 2.5/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions with clear boundaries in matrix and 5 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented black (7.5YR 2.5/1), moist, manganese masses with clear boundaries between peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N00194; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 392272; continuous - phpvsfiid 392272
    Bt2—57 to 79 centimeters (22.4 to 31.1 inches); 50 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) broken face and 50 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/3) broken face silty clay; 47 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 60 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine prominent spherical moderately coherent cemented black (7.5YR 2.5/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions with clear boundaries in matrix and 7 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented black (7.5YR 2.5/1), moist, manganese masses with clear boundaries between peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N00195; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 392273; continuous - phpvsfiid 392273
    Btss—79 to 110 centimeters (31.1 to 43.3 inches); 40 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) broken face and 30 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) broken face and 30 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) broken face silty clay; 52 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 10 percent slickensides (pedogenic) and 20 percent pressure faces and 40 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 30 percent fine prominent spherical moderately coherent cemented black (7.5YR 2.5/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00196; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 392274; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 392274
    R—110 to 200 centimeters (43.3 to 78.7 inches); bedrock; fragments.; observed in pit, small