IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mento
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2009KS089001
  • User Pedon ID: S2009KS089001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N0337
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24111
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 39.6834984
  • Std. Longitude: -98.2125320
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4 S
  • Range: 8 W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 140 feet east and 50 feet south of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: About 3 miles west and one mile north of Jewell, Kansas.
  • Map Unit: Hm—HARNEY-MENTO SILT LOAMS, 3 TO 7 PERCENT SLOPES2623—Harney-Mento complex, 3 to 7 percent slopes
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS089—Jewell
  • MLRA: 73—Rolling Plains and Breaks
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS089—Jewell County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39098-F2—Jewell, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Tricks, R. Still, L. Bricknell, JC Remley, W. Wehmueller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Argiustolls
  • 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 - Mento
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Argiustolls
  • PSC - 25 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/10/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 39 percent of control section clay


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over colluvium
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: strongly coherent at 205cm
  • Geology: Fort Hays Limestone member of the Niobrara Chalk formation in the Colorado group.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/10/2008 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 53
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    secondary carbonates

    lithologic discontinuity

    redox concentrations

    lithic contact

    0—40

    25—73

    51—137

    106—

    137—

    205—

    —40—

    —48—

    —86—

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    —-

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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

    3.5

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    —

    359

    —

    270

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; silt loam; 25 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N01971; observed in trench
    Bt1—25 to 40 centimeters (9.8 to 15.7 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; silty clay; 41 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 30 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N01972; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 445291; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 445291
    Bt2—40 to 51 centimeters (15.7 to 20.1 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, moist; silty clay; 42 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 40 percent prominent clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N01973; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 445292; continuous - phpvsfiid 445292
    Btk1—51 to 73 centimeters (20.1 to 28.7 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 37 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 10 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent medium irregular weakly coherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N01974; observed in trench. patchy - phpvsfiid 445293; patchy - phpvsfiid 445293
    Bk—73 to 106 centimeters (28.7 to 41.7 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 32 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 3 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, carbonate masses and 1 percent medium spherical moderately coherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, carbonate nodules; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N01975; observed in trench
    2Btk2—106 to 137 centimeters (41.7 to 53.9 inches);, dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 36 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 20 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, carbonate masses; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N01976; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 445294; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 445294
    2Bt3—137 to 183 centimeters (53.9 to 72.0 inches);, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 36 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 30 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses with diffuse boundaries throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N01977; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 445295; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 445295
    2Bt4—183 to 205 centimeters (72.0 to 80.7 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/3) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 36 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.2 very fine roots throughout; 7.0 very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 30 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses with diffuse boundaries throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N01978; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 445290; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 445290
    3R—205 to 210 centimeters (80.7 to 82.7 inches); fragments.