IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Olmitz
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 05KS103144
  • User Pedon ID: 05KS103144
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 05KS103144
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40238
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 39.2131386
  • Std. Longitude: -95.0167618
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10 S
  • Range: 21 E
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 900 feet south and 1300 feet west of the northeast corner of
  • 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-A1—Tonganoxie, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Evans
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Cumulic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Olmitz
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Cumulic Hapludolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/22/2005
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-loamy colluvium
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/22/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 23
  • 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 Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    0—37

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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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    10

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    45

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    A1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS3334
    A2—18 to 37 centimeters (7.1 to 14.6 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS3335
    A3—37 to 55 centimeters (14.6 to 21.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS3336
    Bw1—55 to 76 centimeters (21.7 to 29.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS3337
    Bw2—76 to 107 centimeters (29.9 to 42.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 15 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS3338
    Bw3—107 to 134 centimeters (42.1 to 52.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 20 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS3339
    BC—134 to 177 centimeters (52.8 to 69.7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 15 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS3340