IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Detroit
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1953KS141002
  • User Pedon ID: 53KS141002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1815
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35973
  • 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: 39.4291649
  • Std. Longitude: -98.7583313
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7S
  • Range: 14W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4, NE 1/4
  • Location Description: Osborne County, KS.
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS141—Osborne

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W.M. Johnson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Detroit
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1953
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1953 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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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    61

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    12

    26

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    1Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, moist; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14462. 1423; many fine roots
    1A12—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14463. 1424; some compacting through cultivation; few worm casts concentrations; many fine roots
    1B21t—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 5.5 fine roots; 30 percent worm casts; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14464. 1425; many worm casts concentrations; many fine roots
    1B22t—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, moist; silty clay; weak coarse and very coarse prismatic, and moderate very fine blocky structure; hard, firm; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14465. 1426; common fine roots
    1B23t—51 to 74 centimeters (20.1 to 29.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium and coarse blocky structure; hard, firm; 2.5 fine roots; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A14466. 1427; few fine carbonate concretions concentrations; common fine roots
    1B3ca—74 to 97 centimeters (29.1 to 38.2 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay; strong medium and coarse blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A14467. 1428; few fine carbonate concretions concentrations; few fine roots
    1C1ca—97 to 127 centimeters (38.2 to 50.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; strong medium and coarse blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A14468. 1429; common fine CaCO3 threads and concretions; few fine roots
    1C2ca—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 40A14469. 1430; many fine threads of CaCO3; few carbonate concretions concentrations; few fine roots