IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Falleaf
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2007KS103500
  • User Pedon ID: S2007KS103500
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0533
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19108
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 39.0125542
  • Std. Longitude: -94.9234467
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12 S
  • Range: 22 E
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 900 feet south and 1050 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Map Unit: 7281—Konawa fine sandy loam, 4 to 8 percent slopesKo—KONAWA FINE SANDY LOAM, 3 TO 8 PERCENT SLOPES
  • 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-A8—Bonner Springs, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Evans, J. Gienger, A. Voigtlander, L. Sabata, C. Remley, T. Miller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 500
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Falleaf
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/9/2008
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Konawa
  • Classificaton Date - 6/11/2007
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy eolian deposits
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • 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: 6/11/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 50
  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—23

    23—123

    —23—

    —100—
    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

    4

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    275.7

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    0

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior loam; 24 percent clay; moderate fine, and medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N03396; observed in trench
    Bt1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) exterior clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N03397; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 405254; continuous - phpvsfiid 405254
    Bt2—36 to 58 centimeters (14.2 to 22.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) exterior clay loam; 32 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 20 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N03398; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 405255; continuous - phpvsfiid 405255
    Bt3—58 to 96 centimeters (22.8 to 37.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) exterior sandy clay loam; 32 percent clay; moderate medium, and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 20 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N03399; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 405256; continuous - phpvsfiid 405256
    Bt4—96 to 123 centimeters (37.8 to 48.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) exterior sandy loam; 17 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 10 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N03400; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 405257; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 405257
    BC—123 to 148 centimeters (48.4 to 58.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) exterior sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N03401; observed in trench
    C1—148 to 186 centimeters (58.3 to 73.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) exterior sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N03402; observed in trench
    C2—186 to 219 centimeters (73.2 to 86.2 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4) exterior and light brown (7.5YR 6/4) exterior and brown (7.5YR 5/4) exterior loamy sand; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 07N03403; observed in trench