IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muir
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 09KS157004
  • User Pedon ID: 09KS157004
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 09KS157004
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40899
  • Print Date: 5/2/2024

    • 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: 39.9095573
  • Std. Longitude: -97.9211121
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2 S.
  • Range: 5 W.
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 1700 feet south and 2000 feet west of the NE 1/4 corner
  • Map Unit: Mr—MUIR SILT LOAM, 0 TO 1 PERCENT SLOPES3775—Muir silt loam, rarely flooded
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS157—Republic
  • MLRA: 73—Rolling Plains and Breaks
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS157—Republic County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39097-H8—Scandia NW, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Gienger
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Muir
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Haplustolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/12/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 26.2 percent of Control Section Clay


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-silty alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: rare flooding for brief periods
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/12/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 16
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    cambic horizon

    calcic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    redox concentrations

    lithologic discontinuity

    argillic horizon

    0—27

    27—104

    104—177

    104—177

    140—177

    177—

    177—202

    —27—

    —77—

    —73—

    —73—

    —37—

    —-

    —25—
    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

    0.5

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    —

    473

    —

    0

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    —

    —

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    Ap1—0 to 14 centimeters (0.0 to 5.5 inches);, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; 27 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4284; observed in push tube
    Ap2—14 to 27 centimeters (5.5 to 10.6 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; 29 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4285; observed in push tube
    Bw1—27 to 79 centimeters (10.6 to 31.1 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, moist; silt loam; 24 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4286; observed in push tube. Horizon possibly could have been divided into two horizons; 27-53 cm and 53-79 cm. Could see a slight difference in color but texture and everything else seemed about the same, so kept them together.
    Bw2—79 to 104 centimeters (31.1 to 40.9 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4287; observed in push tube. Few strata between 100 and 104 cm
    Bk1—104 to 140 centimeters (40.9 to 55.1 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 40 percent fine prominent threadlike extremely weakly coherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, carbonate masses on surfaces along root channels; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4288; observed in push tube
    Bk2—140 to 154 centimeters (55.1 to 60.6 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, moist; silt loam; 20 percent clay; massive; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; 2 percent fine prominent threadlike extremely weakly coherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, carbonate masses on surfaces along root channels; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4289; observed in push tube
    Bk3—154 to 177 centimeters (60.6 to 69.7 inches);, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior, moist; silt loam; 24 percent clay; massive; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 15 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; 20 percent fine prominent threadlike extremely weakly coherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, carbonate masses on surfaces along root channels; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4290; observed in push tube. Fine stratas.
    2Btb—177 to 202 centimeters (69.7 to 79.5 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; 34 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # KSUSS4291; observed in push tube. Bottom of profile (2002-205 cm) texture changes again to a silt loam. Did question if clay films were truely clay films, but went ahead and discribe them.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 442807; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 442807