IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Grinter (p)
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2007KS045015
  • User Pedon ID: S2007KS045015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0532
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19107
  • Print Date: 12/6/2025

    • 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: 39.0212784
  • Std. Longitude: -95.2071075
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12 S
  • Range: 20 E
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 350 feet west and 2250 feet north of the southeast corner
  • Map Unit: Tc—THURMAN COMPLEX, 4 TO 10 PERCENT SLOPES7649—Thurman complex, 4 to 10 percent slopes
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS045—Douglas
  • MLRA: 106—Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS045—Douglas County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39095-A2—Midland, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Evans, J. Gienger, A. Voigtlander, L. Sabata, C. Remley, L. Miller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Lamellic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 15
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Grinter (p)
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Lamellic Argiudolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/12/2007
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy eolian deposits
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Geology: Menoken Surface formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/12/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 5
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other 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

    ochric epipedon

    redox concentrations

    0—38

    192—

    —38—

    192—-
    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

    7

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    283

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    23

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    A1—0 to 16 centimeters (0.0 to 6.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior loamy sand; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 4.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N03388; observed in trench
    A2—16 to 38 centimeters (6.3 to 15.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior loamy sand; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 4.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N03389; observed in trench
    AB—38 to 50 centimeters (15.0 to 19.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) exterior loamy sand; weak fine, and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N03390; observed in trench
    EandBt1—50 to 94 centimeters (19.7 to 37.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 8.0 fine roots throughout; distinct clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N03391; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 405252; continuous - phpvsfiid 405252
    EandBt2—94 to 137 centimeters (37.0 to 53.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; distinct clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N03392; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 405253; continuous - phpvsfiid 405253
    C1—137 to 167 centimeters (53.9 to 65.7 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) exterior sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N03393; observed in trench
    C2—167 to 192 centimeters (65.7 to 75.6 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) exterior loamy sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N03394; observed in trench
    2C3—192 to 210 centimeters (75.6 to 82.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses throughout and 25 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments. Lab sample # 07N03395; observed in trench