IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dwight
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 87KS061362
  • User Pedon ID: 87KS061362
  • User Site Association ID: 1999
  • Transect:
  • Transect Stop Number - 3
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0354
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60472
  • 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: 39.0505881
  • Std. Longitude: -96.5444691
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11 S
  • Range: 8 E
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 1700 ft. W and 2300 ft. N of SE corner
  • Map Unit: Ko—KONZA SILTY CLAY LOAM, 1 TO 3 PERCENT SLOPES
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS061—Geary
  • MLRA: 76—Bluestem Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS061—Geary County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39096-A5—Swede Creek, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Graber, S.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Natrustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dwight
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Natrustolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/28/1987
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey residuum weathered from shale
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/28/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 9
  • 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

    natric horizon

    0—53

    15—66

    —53—

    —51—
    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

    1

    —

    —

    442

    —

    350

    820

    —

    181

    11.8

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    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 6.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Bt1—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 fine roots between peds; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 23131; continuous - phpvsfiid 23131
    Bt2—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 fine roots between peds; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 23132; continuous - phpvsfiid 23132
    Bt3—56 to 66 centimeters (22.0 to 26.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silty clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots between peds; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical carbonate concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 23133; continuous - phpvsfiid 23133
    Btk—66 to 122 centimeters (26.0 to 48.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 4 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent fine and medium spherical carbonate concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. patchy - phpvsfiid 23134; patchy - phpvsfiid 23134
    2Bt1—122 to 163 centimeters (48.0 to 64.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; silty clay; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine and medium spherical carbonate concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 23135; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 23135
    2Bt2—163 to 183 centimeters (64.2 to 72.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; silty clay; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 23136; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 23136