IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Geary
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979KS169002
  • User Pedon ID: 79KS169002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79P0325
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47058
  • Print Date: 5/21/2024

    • 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: 38.8505554
  • Std. Longitude: -97.4375000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14S
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 641 meters E and 747 meters S of NW corner
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS169—Saline

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. Brown and W. Roth
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Udic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Geary
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Geary
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Udic Argiustoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1979
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1979 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—28

    15—106

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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

    3

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    1Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, moist; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 very fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01687. common very fine roots
    1B21t—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 2.5 very fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01688. common very fine roots
    1B22t—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 2.5 very fine roots; gibbsite coats on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01689. common very fine roots
    1B23t—48 to 106 centimeters (18.9 to 41.7 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 2.5 very fine roots; gibbsite coats on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01690. common very fine roots
    1B31—106 to 126 centimeters (41.7 to 49.6 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) interior, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, moist; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01691. few very fine roots
    1B32—126 to 145 centimeters (49.6 to 57.1 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) interior, yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, moist; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01692. few fine lime concretions concentrations; few very fine roots
    1C—145 to 183 centimeters (57.1 to 72.0 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) interior, yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, moist; silty clay loam; massive; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments. Lab sample # 79P01693. few fine lime concretions concentrations; few very fine roots