IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Longford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 80KS113018
  • User Pedon ID: 80KS113018
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 80KS113018
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40955
  • 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: 38.4786110
  • Std. Longitude: -97.8650284
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18 S
  • Range: 5 W
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 1150 feet east and 75 feet south of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: McPherson County, Kansas;
  • Map Unit: 3404—Longford silty clay loam, 3 to 7 percent slopes, eroded
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS113—McPherson
  • MLRA: 74—Central Kansas Sandstone Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS113—McPherson County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38097-D7—Windom NE, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Don Rott
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Udic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Longford
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Udic Argiustolls
  • PSC - 38 to 74 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1980
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/1/1980 (entry creation date)
  • 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

    argillic horizon

    0—38

    38—74

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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

    4

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    472

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    225

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    A—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4806
    BA—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) exterior, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4807
    Bt1—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) exterior, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) exterior, moist; silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4808
    Bt2—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) exterior, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) exterior, moist; silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4809
    BC—74 to 119 centimeters (29.1 to 46.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) exterior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) exterior, moist; silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 2 percent fine carbonate masses; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4810
    C—119 to 150 centimeters (46.9 to 59.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) exterior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; massive; hard, firm; 2 percent fine distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron-manganese masses; 2 percent fine carbonate masses; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS4811