IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chase
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2014KS161603
  • User Pedon ID: S2014KS161603
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Print Date: 12/6/2025

    • 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: 39.1082778
  • Std. Longitude: -96.6104722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11 S.
  • Range: 8 E.
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 2150 feet north and 1200 feet east of the SW corner
  • Map Unit: 4350—Chase silty clay loam, rarely flooded
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS161—Riley
  • MLRA: 76—Bluestem Hills
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-SAL—Salina, Kansas
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS161—Riley County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39096-A5—Swede Creek, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Kohake, B. Wehmueller, C. Remley, J. Hellerich
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Pachic Vertic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chase
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Pachic Vertic Argiudolls
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 12 to 62 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/4/2014
  • Classifier - D. Kohake
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landform: terrace on river valley
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: rare flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    R076XY113KS Loamy Lowland

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/4/2014 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: D. Kohake
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • 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

    slickensides

    secondary carbonates

    0—119

    12—200

    31—119

    89—156

    119—200

    —119—

    —188—

    —88—

    —67—

    —81—
    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

    1

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    —

    328

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    45

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    Ap—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; 5 percent sand; 30 percent clay; weak coarse cloddy structure; slightly hard, friable; common (3.0) fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bt1—12 to 31 centimeters (4.7 to 12.2 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; 5 percent sand; 36 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable; common (3.0) fine roots throughout; 20 percent faint very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bt2—31 to 54 centimeters (12.2 to 21.3 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay; 5 percent sand; 46 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm; common (3.0) fine roots throughout; 25 percent faint very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bt3—54 to 89 centimeters (21.3 to 35.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay; 5 percent sand; 44 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm; common (2.0) fine roots throughout; 30 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Btss—89 to 119 centimeters (35.0 to 46.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silty clay; 5 percent sand; 42 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm; few (0.5) fine roots throughout; 1 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, organoargillans on surfaces along root channels and 10 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) and 30 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Btkss—119 to 156 centimeters (46.9 to 61.4 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; 5 percent sand; 38 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm; 1 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, organoargillans on surfaces along root channels and 10 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) and 30 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent coarse moderately coherent cemented light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, carbonate concretions; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Btk—156 to 200 centimeters (61.4 to 78.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; 5 percent sand; 35 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm; 2 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, organoargillans on surfaces along root channels and 20 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions and 2 percent medium threadlike noncoherent cemented carbonate masses; fragments; noneffervescent.; observed in pit, large or quarry