IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Roxbury

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2019KS083101

User Pedon ID: S2019KS083101

User Site Association ID: DSP-KS19-R

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes

Lab Pedon # - 19N0634

User Project ID: FY19RND3

Project Name: MLRA 73 - Benchmark Soils Roxbury FY19 Phase 1

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: 38.0872920

Std. Longitude: -99.7166580

Datum: WGS84

Township: 23

Range: 22

Section: 3

PLSS Details: 1945 feet east and 1375 feet north of the SW corner

Map Unit: 2375—Roxbury silt loam, rarely flooded2375—Roxbury silt loam, rarely flooded

Country: US—United States

State: Kansas

County: KS083—Hodgeman

MLRA: 73—Rolling Plains and Breaks

Regional Office: NC—North Central

MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-HAY—Hays, Kansas

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS083—Hodgeman County, Kansas

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38099-A6—Hanston, Kansas

PEDON

Describers Name: L. Bricknell

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Cumulic Haplustolls

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description

Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Roxbury

Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Cumulic Haplustolls

Taxon Kind - series

PSC - 25 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 9/3/2019

Classifier - L. Bricknell

Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition

Moisture SUBClass - ustic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

Field Measured Properties: 28 percent of control section clay

SITE

Parent Material: alluvium

Landform: terrace on river valley

Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: linear

Drainage Class: well

Flooding: rare flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: yes

RaCA Information:

DSP Plot ID - Ro-R1

Plot Baseline Length - 10

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 8/27/2019 (actual site observation date)

Data Collector: L. Bricknell, R. Still

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

Current Air Temp - 28

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
mollic epipedon free carbonates secondary carbonates lithologic discontinuity	0—95 19—220 44—220 163—220	—95— —201— —176— —57—

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	—	—	664.5	—	180	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Ap—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; silt loam; 24 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; 3.0 very fine roots and 2.0 fine roots; fragments; 1.25 g/cm3 of average OD bulk density; 23.69 micrometers per second of average KSAT; 7.3 percent of average OM; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 19N03643; observed in push tube

A11—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face, moist; silt loam; 24 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; 2.0 fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 19N03644; observed in push tube

A12—10 to 19 centimeters (3.9 to 7.5 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face, moist; silt loam; 24 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; 2.0 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent worm casts; fragments; 1.31 g/cm3 of average OD bulk density; 3.44 micrometers per second of average KSAT; 2.8 percent of average OM; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 19N03645; observed in push tube

A2—19 to 36 centimeters (7.5 to 14.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) broken face, black (10YR 2/1) broken face, moist; silt loam; 26 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; 1.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent worm casts; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 19N03646; observed in push tube

A3—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face, moist; silt loam; 26 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; 1.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 20 percent worm casts; fragments; 1.32 g/cm3 of average OD bulk density; 11.77 micrometers per second of average KSAT; 2 percent of average OM; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 19N03647; observed in push tube

Bk1—53 to 70 centimeters (20.9 to 27.6 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; silt loam; 24 percent clay; weak fine prismatic structure; 1.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in push tube

Bk2—70 to 95 centimeters (27.6 to 37.4 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 27 percent clay; weak fine prismatic structure; 1.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 fine pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in push tube

Bk3—95 to 134 centimeters (37.4 to 52.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, moist; clay loam; 29 percent clay; weak fine prismatic structure; 2.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 fine pores; fragments; 1.33 micrometers per second of average KSAT; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in push tube

2Bk4—134 to 163 centimeters (52.8 to 64.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, moist; loam; 26 percent clay; weak medium prismatic structure; 3.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 fine pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in push tube

2Bk5—163 to 198 centimeters (64.2 to 78.0 inches); 50 percent 5/3 5/3) broken face and 50 percent 6/3 6/3) broken face, 50 percent brown (10YR 5/3) broken face and 50 percent brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, moist; loam; 26 percent clay; weak medium prismatic structure; 3.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 fine pores; 2 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses throughout and 2 percent medium irregular carbonate masses throughout and 3 percent medium irregular carbonate nodules throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in push tube

2Bk6—198 to 220 centimeters (78.0 to 86.6 inches); 90 percent brown (10YR 5/3) broken face and 10 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, 90 percent brown (10YR 4/3) broken face and 10 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face, moist; loam; 24 percent clay; weak fine prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; 3.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 fine pores; 4 percent fine irregular carbonate masses throughout and 4 percent medium threadlike carbonate masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in push tube