IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kennebec
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 07KS005013
  • User Pedon ID: 07KS005013
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 10607KS005-7051-001
  • Transect Stop Number - 3
  • Transect Interval - 36.6
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 07KS005013
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40847
  • Print Date: 4/28/2024

    • 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: 39.4568939
  • Std. Longitude: -95.1902924
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7 S
  • Range: 20 E
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: northwest corner
  • Map Unit: 005KG—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-D2—Potter, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Evans
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Cumulic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kennebec
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Cumulic Hapludolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/9/2007
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-silty alluvium
  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for brief periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/9/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 31
  • 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

    0—180

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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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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; 22 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3657
    A1—15 to 43 centimeters (5.9 to 16.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; 23 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3658
    A2—43 to 88 centimeters (16.9 to 34.6 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; 25 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3659
    A3—88 to 113 centimeters (34.6 to 44.5 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3660
    A4—113 to 153 centimeters (44.5 to 60.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3661
    A5—153 to 180 centimeters (60.2 to 70.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS3662