IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lesho
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010KS119001
  • User Pedon ID: S2010KS119001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N1054
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37520
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 37.1348194
  • Std. Longitude: -100.3957611
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T. 33 S.
  • Range: R. 28 W.
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 1951 feet south and 870 feet east of northwest corner of
  • Location Description: about 11 miles south and 3 miles west of Meade, Kansas
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS119—Meade
  • MLRA: 77E—Southern High Plains, Breaks
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS119—Meade County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37100-B4—Lake Meade, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. Bricknell,W. Wehmueller, J.Remley and B.Tricks
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, superactive, mesic Fluventic Haplustolls
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lesho
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, superactive, mesic Fluventic Haplustolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/22/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: slightly weathered, fine-loamy alluvium derived from sedimentary rock
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/22/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 39
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    redox concentrations

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—28

    28—82

    28—123

    47—206

    123—206

    —28—

    —54—

    —95—

    —159—

    —83—
    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

    0.2

    287

    200

    716

    —

    50

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, moist; loam; 40 percent sand; 22 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    A2—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, moist; sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 13 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, lamotte-morgan; clear wavy boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bk1—28 to 47 centimeters (11.0 to 18.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, moist; sandy clay loam; 65 percent sand; 24 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent faint brown (10YR 5/3), dry, sand coats on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent threadlike weakly coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate masses with clear boundaries lining pores; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 524879; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 524879
    Bk2—47 to 66 centimeters (18.5 to 26.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; sandy clay loam; 63 percent sand; 26 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent fine prominent cylindrical strongly coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate nodules with clear boundaries throughout and 1 percent fine prominent threadlike strongly coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate masses with clear boundaries lining pores; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bk3—66 to 82 centimeters (26.0 to 32.3 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; sandy loam; 60 percent sand; 18 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 25 percent prominent white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent threadlike weakly coherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), dry, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries on surfaces along root channels and 1 percent medium prominent irregular moderately coherent cemented very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dry, manganese masses with sharp boundaries along lamina or strata surfaces; 4 percent fine prominent threadlike weakly coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate masses with clear boundaries throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat well rounded indurated 5-6-7 millimeter quartz fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 524880; continuous - phpvsfiid 524880
    Ck1—82 to 96 centimeters (32.3 to 37.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; sandy loam; 60 percent sand; 13 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent fine prominent threadlike weakly coherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), dry, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries on surfaces along root channels and 1 percent medium prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dry, manganese masses with clear boundaries throughout; 2 percent fine prominent threadlike weakly coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate masses with clear boundaries lining pores and 1 percent medium prominent cylindrical moderately coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate nodules with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Ck2—96 to 123 centimeters (37.8 to 48.4 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; stratified stratified loam; 27 percent sand; 24 percent clay; weak thin platy structure; hard, firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent fine prominent cylindrical weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), dry, manganese masses with clear boundaries throughout and 5 percent medium prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), dry, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout; 15 percent medium prominent platy moderately coherent cemented carbonate nodules with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    2C1—123 to 165 centimeters (48.4 to 65.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; sand; 85 percent sand; 7 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries throughout; 1 percent fine prominent threadlike weakly coherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry, carbonate masses with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    2C2—165 to 206 centimeters (65.0 to 81.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loam; 63 percent sand; 20 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable; 1.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout; 1 percent fine prominent threadlike weakly coherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, carbonate masses with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; strong effervescence.; very moist when described; observed in pit, small