IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Grundy
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 05KS103063
  • User Pedon ID: 05KS103063
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 10605KS103-7251-006
  • Transect Stop Number - 3
  • Transect Interval - 45.7
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 05KS103063
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40237
  • 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: 39.0264168
  • Std. Longitude: -95.1566391
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12 S
  • Range: 20 E
  • Section: 11
  • 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: 39095-A2—Midland, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Evans
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Vertic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Grundy
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/20/2011
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Haig
  • Classificaton Date - 3/31/2005
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty and clayey loess
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/31/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 47
  • 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—38

    15—81

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    —66—
    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

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3162
    At—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3163
    Bt1—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 15 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 30 percent fine faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3164. continuous - phpvsfiid 282437; continuous - phpvsfiid 282437
    Bt2—41 to 71 centimeters (16.1 to 28.0 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 20 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 35 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3165. continuous - phpvsfiid 282438; continuous - phpvsfiid 282438
    Bt3—71 to 81 centimeters (28.0 to 31.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 20 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 40 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3166. continuous - phpvsfiid 282439; continuous - phpvsfiid 282439
    Bt4—81 to 98 centimeters (31.9 to 38.6 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 20 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 40 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3167. continuous - phpvsfiid 282440; continuous - phpvsfiid 282440
    BC—98 to 137 centimeters (38.6 to 53.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 40 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3168
    C—137 to 163 centimeters (53.9 to 64.2 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay loam; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 40 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS3169