IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elmont
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 04KS103053
  • User Pedon ID: 04KS103053
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 04KS103053
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40210
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 39.1448898
  • Std. Longitude: -95.0585251
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10 S
  • Range: 21 E
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 300 feet north and 2400 feet west of the southeast 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, mesic Typic 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 - Elmont
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • PSC - 22 to 72 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/13/2004
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-silty residuum weathered from siltstone
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillside
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: indurated at 126cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/13/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 27
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

    indurated

    126 -

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—35

    22—105

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    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
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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS3060
    A2—10 to 22 centimeters (3.9 to 8.7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS3061
    Bt1—37 to 58 centimeters (14.6 to 22.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5 percent distinct silt coats on all faces of peds and 35 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS3062. continuous - phpvsfiid 267334; patchy - phpvsfiid 267335; continuous - phpvsfiid 267334; patchy - phpvsfiid 267335
    Bt2—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1 percent distinct silt coats on top faces of peds and 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS3063. continuous - phpvsfiid 267336; patchy - phpvsfiid 267337; continuous - phpvsfiid 267336; patchy - phpvsfiid 267337
    Bt3—81 to 97 centimeters (31.9 to 38.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 25 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS3064. continuous - phpvsfiid 267338; continuous - phpvsfiid 267338
    2Bt4—97 to 128 centimeters (38.2 to 50.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 20 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS3065. continuous - phpvsfiid 267339; continuous - phpvsfiid 267339
    2Bt5—128 to 154 centimeters (50.4 to 60.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 15 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS3066. continuous - phpvsfiid 267340; continuous - phpvsfiid 267340
    2BCt—175 to 190 centimeters (68.9 to 74.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silty clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 35 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS3067. continuous - phpvsfiid 267342; continuous - phpvsfiid 267342
    R—190 to 205 centimeters (74.8 to 80.7 inches); fragments.