IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chase
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 06KS005607
  • User Pedon ID: 06KS005607
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 06KS005607
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40813
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 39.4813881
  • Std. Longitude: -95.3497238
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6 S.
  • Range: 18 E.
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 850' W & 1400' N of the southeast corner
  • Map Unit: Kg—KENNEBEC-COLO SILT LOAMS, 0 TO 2 PERCENT SLOPES, OCCASIONALLY FLOODED
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS005—Atchison
  • MLRA: 106—Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS005—Atchison County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39095-D3—Nortonville, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Gienger
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aquertic 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 - Chase
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Aquertic Argiudolls
  • PSC - 58 to 108 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/3/2006
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty and clayey alluvium
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: very rare flooding for brief periods
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/3/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 21
  • 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

    redox concentrations

    argillic horizon

    0—58

    18—

    58—

    —58—

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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

    2

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    322

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    115

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    A1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) exterior silt loam; 24 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3604; observed in push tube
    A2—18 to 47 centimeters (7.1 to 18.5 inches); black (10YR 2/1) exterior silt loam; 25 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3605; observed in push tube
    A3—47 to 58 centimeters (18.5 to 22.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior silty clay loam; 32 percent clay; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 8 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3606; observed in push tube
    Bt1—58 to 88 centimeters (22.8 to 34.6 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) exterior silty clay; 38 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 8 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 3 percent fine distinct spherical strongly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese nodules throughout and 6 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3607; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 338351; continuous - phpvsfiid 338351
    Bt2—88 to 111 centimeters (34.6 to 43.7 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) exterior silty clay; 40 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 8 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 4 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses throughout and 8 percent fine distinct dendritic extremely weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings on surfaces along root channels; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3608; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 338352; continuous - phpvsfiid 338352
    Bt3—111 to 138 centimeters (43.7 to 54.3 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) exterior silty clay; 42 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 15 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine distinct dendritic extremely weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings on surfaces along root channels and 4 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3609; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 338353; continuous - phpvsfiid 338353
    Bt4—138 to 158 centimeters (54.3 to 62.2 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) exterior silty clay; 36 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine distinct dendritic extremely weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings on surfaces along root channels and 4 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS3610; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 338354; continuous - phpvsfiid 338354