IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Verdigris
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2016KS115100
  • User Pedon ID: S2016KS115100
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 17N0088
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 87733
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 38.5572700
  • Std. Longitude: -97.2729600
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17 S.
  • Range: 1 E.
  • Section: 24
  • Map Unit: 8300—Verdigris silt loam, channeled, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently flooded
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS115—Marion
  • MLRA: 74—Central Kansas Sandstone Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS115—Marion County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38097-E3—Gypsum SE, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Nester
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Cumulic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Verdigris
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Cumulic Haplustolls
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/27/2016
  • Classifier - B. Nester
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: drainageway
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: rare ponding for very brief periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/26/2016 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: B. Nester, J. Hellerich, D. Kohake, J. Anderson
  • 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

    redox concentrations

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    gypsum accumulations

    salt accumulations

    reduced matrix

    cambic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    0—140

    15—245

    15—140

    140—245

    140—245

    140—200

    140—245

    200—245

    200—245

    —140—

    —230—

    —125—

    —105—

    —105—

    —60—

    —105—

    —45—

    —45—
    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

    —

    —

    443

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    A1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches);, black (10YR 2/1) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 32 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; many (3.0) very fine roots throughout and many (3.0) medium roots throughout and many (3.0) fine roots throughout and many (3.0) coarse roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 17N00575; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A2—15 to 76 centimeters (5.9 to 29.9 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 37 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; many (3.0) very fine roots throughout and many (3.0) medium roots throughout and many (3.0) fine roots throughout and many (3.0) coarse roots throughout; 10 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of reduced iron with clear boundaries throughout and 20 percent fine prominent spherical noncoherent cemented reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 17N00576; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw—76 to 140 centimeters (29.9 to 55.1 inches);, very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) interior, moist; loam; 25 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; many (3.0) very fine roots throughout and many (3.0) fine roots throughout; 3 percent fine faint spherical weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries throughout and 10 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented brown (7.5YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron with clear boundaries throughout and 35 percent fine prominent spherical noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 17N00577; wet when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Byz—140 to 200 centimeters (55.1 to 78.7 inches);, gray (5Y 6/1) interior, moist; silty clay; 45 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; common (2.0) very fine roots throughout and common (2.0) fine roots throughout; 3 percent fine prominent spherical weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries throughout and 40 percent fine prominent spherical noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries throughout; 3 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, gypsum crystal clusters with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 17N00578; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket. Crystals of salts more soluble than gypsum were observed in this horizon with the use of a hand lens.
    Bkyz—200 to 245 centimeters (78.7 to 96.5 inches);, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, moist; silty clay; 45 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; few (1.0) very fine roots throughout and few (1.0) fine roots throughout; 5 percent fine prominent spherical noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses with clear boundaries throughout and 20 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron with clear boundaries throughout and 30 percent fine prominent spherical noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries throughout; 5 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, gypsum masses with clear boundaries throughout and 5 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses with diffuse boundaries throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 17N00579; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket. Crystals of salts more soluble than gypsum were observed in this horizon with the use of a hand lens.