IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Falleaf
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 04KS103394
  • User Pedon ID: 04KS103394
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 04KS103394
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40218
  • 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: 38.9998398
  • Std. Longitude: -94.9880142
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12 S
  • Range: 22 E
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: Sampled for lab
  • Map Unit: Kw—KONAWA FINE SANDY LOAM, 8 TO 20 PERCENT SLOPES
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS103—Leavenworth
  • MLRA: 106—Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS103—Leavenworth County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38094-H8—De Soto, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Evans
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Falleaf
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/20/2011
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Konawa
  • Classificaton Date - 10/21/2004
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-loamy glaciofluvial deposits
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Menoken Surface formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/21/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 49
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous 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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—15

    61—111

    —15—

    —50—
    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

    18

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    90

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    A—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS3075; observed in push tube
    E—12 to 20 centimeters (4.7 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS3076
    Bt1—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) sandy clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 15 percent distinct clay bridges on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS3077. continuous - phpvsfiid 273374; continuous - phpvsfiid 273374
    Bt2—38 to 59 centimeters (15.0 to 23.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 20 percent distinct clay bridges on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS3078. continuous - phpvsfiid 273375; continuous - phpvsfiid 273375
    Bt3—59 to 88 centimeters (23.2 to 34.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 25 percent distinct clay bridges on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS3079. continuous - phpvsfiid 273376; continuous - phpvsfiid 273376
    BC—88 to 130 centimeters (34.6 to 51.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS3080