IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sutphen
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 11KS029001
  • User Pedon ID: S2011KS029001
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N0043
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43105
  • 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: 39.6149368
  • Std. Longitude: -97.8754883
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5S
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 523 meters (1700 feet) north and 25 meters (80 feet) west of southeast corner
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS029—Cloud
  • MLRA: 74—Central Kansas Sandstone Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS029—Cloud County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39097-E8—Scottsville, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. Parks, J. Anderson, B. Wehmueller & J. Gienger
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Pachic Udertic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sutphen
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Pachic Udertic Argiustolls
  • PSC - 21 to 71 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/6/2010
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 71 cm of Top effervescence and 42.12 percent of Control section clay


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for extremely brief periods
  • Ponding: frequent ponding for brief periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/6/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 1
  • 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

    argillic horizon

    redox concentrations

    secondary carbonates

    slickensides

    0—71

    21—152

    47—

    71—

    152—

    —71—

    —131—

    —-

    —-

    —-
    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

    0.5

    —

    —

    426

    —

    0

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Ap1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 36 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 8.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4816; observed in pit, small
    Ap2—8 to 21 centimeters (3.1 to 8.3 inches);, black (10YR 2/1) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 37 percent clay; weak fine angular blocky structure; hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 8.0 very fine roots between peds and 1.0 fine roots between peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4817; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—21 to 47 centimeters (8.3 to 18.5 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, moist; silty clay; 45 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 7.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4818; observed in pit, small. observed small pressure faces that were not large enough or continuous enough to as slickensides; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 709653; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 709653
    Bt2—47 to 71 centimeters (18.5 to 28.0 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 39 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4819; observed in pit, small. the redox features showed up when rubbed; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 709654; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 709654
    Btk1—71 to 101 centimeters (28.0 to 39.8 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 35 percent clay; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 5 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 4 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries throughout; 1 percent fine distinct irregular strongly coherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, carbonate nodules with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4820; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 709655; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 709655
    Btk2—101 to 125 centimeters (39.8 to 49.2 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 32 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; very fine roots throughout; 5 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries throughout; 5 percent fine distinct irregular strongly coherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, carbonate nodules with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4821; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 709656; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 709656
    2Btk3—125 to 152 centimeters (49.2 to 59.8 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 37 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 8 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 4 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries throughout; 2 percent fine distinct irregular strongly coherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, carbonate nodules with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4822; observed in pit, small. decided against a small "b" because we believed this to be a welded horizon; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 709657; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 709657
    2Bkss—152 to 200 centimeters (59.8 to 78.7 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 39 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 2 percent faint slickensides (pedogenic) on all faces of peds and 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 4 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries throughout; 3 percent coarse distinct irregular strongly coherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, carbonate nodules with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # KSUSS4823; observed in pit, small. free water on ped facesm, decided against a small "b" because we believed this to be a welded horizon; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 709658; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 709659; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 709658; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 709659