IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Longford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2009KS201001
  • User Pedon ID: S2009KS201001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N0339
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24113
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 39.7811928
  • Std. Longitude: -97.0597763
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3 S.
  • Range: 3 W.
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 1,153 feet South and 2,270 feet East of the NW corner
  • Location Description: About 2 miles south and 0.5 miles west of Washington, Kansas.
  • Map Unit: Mh—MORRILL LOAM, 3 TO 7 PERCENT SLOPES7433—Morrill loam, 3 to 7 percent slopes
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS201—Washington
  • MLRA: 74—Central Kansas Sandstone Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS201—Washington County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39097-D2—Clay Center NW, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Anderson, J. Gienger, C. Remley, J. Warner, B. Wehmueller, D. Wood, & M. Knapp(KSU)
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Oxyaquic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Longford
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Oxyaquic Argiustolls
  • PSC - 22 to 72 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/8/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 37.6 percent of Control section clay


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over loamy residuum
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Dakota Sandstone formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/8/2008 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 39
  • 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

    redox concentrations

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    secondary carbonates

    0—53

    22—101

    22—

    53—

    101—192

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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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    416

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    115

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    Ap—0 to 22 centimeters (0.0 to 8.7 inches);, dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 34 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N01986; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—22 to 53 centimeters (8.7 to 20.9 inches);, dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 38 percent clay; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; 20 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 4 percent fine irregular black (N 2.5/), moist, manganese masses throughout and 4 percent fine irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N01987; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 445301; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 445301
    Bt2—53 to 79 centimeters (20.9 to 31.1 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 37 percent clay; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 20 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron throughout and 4 percent fine irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 10 percent fine irregular black (N 2.5/), moist, manganese masses throughout; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N01988; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 445302; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 445302
    Bt3—79 to 101 centimeters (31.1 to 39.8 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/3) interior, moist; clay loam; 34 percent clay; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; slow permeability; 4.0 very fine roots throughout; 10 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine irregular light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron throughout and 7 percent fine irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 10 percent fine irregular black (N 2.5/), moist, manganese masses throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N01989; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 445303; patchy - phpvsfiid 445303
    2Bk1—101 to 149 centimeters (39.8 to 58.7 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; clay loam; 38 percent clay; weak fine prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; slow permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 15 percent medium irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 15 percent medium irregular black (N 2.5/), moist, manganese masses throughout; 3 percent medium irregular carbonate concretions throughout; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N01990; observed in pit, small
    2Bk2—149 to 192 centimeters (58.7 to 75.6 inches);, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 36 percent clay; weak coarse angular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 7 percent medium irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 15 percent medium irregular black (N 2.5/), moist, manganese masses throughout; 7 percent medium irregular carbonate concretions throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N01991; observed in pit, small
    2C—192 to 210 centimeters (75.6 to 82.7 inches);, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 34 percent clay; massive; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 10 percent medium irregular black (N 2.5/), moist, manganese masses throughout and 10 percent medium irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments. Lab sample # 09N01992; observed in pit, small