IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Summit
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2009KS207001
  • User Pedon ID: S2009KS207001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N0906
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23952
  • 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: 37.8611488
  • Std. Longitude: -95.7836075
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T. 25 S.
  • Range: R. 15 E.
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: about 2270 feet west and 1375 feet south of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: About 2.5 miles west and 1.5 miles south of Yates Center, Kansas.
  • Map Unit: 8871—Ringo silty clay loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS207—Woodson
  • MLRA: 112—Cherokee Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS207—Woodson County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37095-G7—Toronto SE, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mark Abney, Sheila Staton-Clifton, G. Campbell, Wm. Wehmueller, JC Remley, P. Hartley, M. Ransom
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Aquertic Argiudolls
  • 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 - Summit
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, thermic Aquertic Argiudolls
  • PSC - 29 to 79 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/19/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over colluvium over residuum weathered from limestone and shale
  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: limestone and shale
  • Geology: Douglas Group group .
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/19/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    mollic epipedon

    redox concentrations

    aquic conditions

    argillic horizon

    slickensides

    0—53

    18—210

    18—53

    29—210

    53—210

    —53—

    —192—

    —35—

    —181—

    —157—
    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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    —

    341

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    45

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay loam; 35 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 10.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N03261; observed in pit, small
    A—18 to 29 centimeters (7.1 to 11.4 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay; 42 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; 5 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N03262; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—29 to 53 centimeters (11.4 to 20.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay; 60 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 30 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) clay films; 5 percent fine black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent fine distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N03263; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—53 to 103 centimeters (20.9 to 40.6 inches); 70 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and 30 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) clay; 65 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium wedge parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films and 25 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 5 percent fine black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 20 percent fine prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N03264; observed in pit, small
    2Btss1—103 to 135 centimeters (40.6 to 53.1 inches); 80 percent brown (10YR 4/3) and 20 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay; 58 percent clay; moderate coarse wedge structure; very firm; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 20 percent slickensides (pedogenic) and 40 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) clay films; 3 percent fine yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 5 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N03265; observed in pit, small. 1 1/2 inches of Kortivina.
    2Btss2—135 to 177 centimeters (53.1 to 69.7 inches); 70 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) and 30 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay; 56 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5 percent slickensides (pedogenic) and 20 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) clay films; 3 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N03266; observed in pit, small
    3Btss—177 to 210 centimeters (69.7 to 82.7 inches); 70 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) and 20 percent brown (7.5YR 5/2) and 10 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) clay; 58 percent clay; strong very coarse wedge, and strong fine and medium wedge structure; very firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 5 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay films on surfaces along root channels and 50 percent slickensides (pedogenic) and 65 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 5/3) clay films; 3 percent fine prominent reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 40 percent medium and coarse carbonate nodules; fragments. Lab sample # 09N03267; observed in pit, small. carbonate nodules are limestone and are strongly effervescent.