IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Reading
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 04KS103019
  • User Pedon ID: 04KS103019
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 04KS103019
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40207
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 39.1013069
  • Std. Longitude: -95.1627502
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11 S
  • Range: 20 E
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 200 feet south and 1900 feet east of the northwest corner
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS103—Leavenworth
  • MLRA: 106—Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS103—Leavenworth County, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Evans
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Reading
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Argiudolls
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/22/2004
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-silty alluvium
  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: rare flooding for brief periods
  • Geology: Newman Terrace formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/22/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 33
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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

    0—

    25—190

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    —165—
    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

    2

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    270

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS3011
    A—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS3012
    Bt1—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silty clay loam; strong fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 35 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS3013. continuous - phpvsfiid 265128; continuous - phpvsfiid 265128
    Bt2—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; strong fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 35 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS3014. continuous - phpvsfiid 265129; continuous - phpvsfiid 265129
    Bt3—61 to 82 centimeters (24.0 to 32.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS3015. continuous - phpvsfiid 265130; continuous - phpvsfiid 265130
    Bt4—82 to 109 centimeters (32.3 to 42.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS3016. continuous - phpvsfiid 265131; continuous - phpvsfiid 265131
    Bt5—109 to 140 centimeters (42.9 to 55.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS3017. continuous - phpvsfiid 265132; continuous - phpvsfiid 265132
    2Btb6—140 to 167 centimeters (55.1 to 65.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 45 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS3018. continuous - phpvsfiid 265133; continuous - phpvsfiid 265133
    2Btb7—167 to 190 centimeters (65.7 to 74.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 45 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS3019. continuous - phpvsfiid 265134; continuous - phpvsfiid 265134