IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dwight
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988KS061003
  • User Pedon ID: 88KS061003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0356
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60474
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • 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: 39.0155563
  • Std. Longitude: -96.5055542
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12S
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 1650 feet W and 300 feet N of the SW corner
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS061—Geary

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Steve Graber and Howard Campbell
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dwight
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic Typic Natrustolls
  • PSC - 13 to 85 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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—40

    13—85

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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

    1

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    445

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    45

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    1A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01797. many fine roots throughout
    1Bt1—13 to 40 centimeters (5.1 to 15.7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; clay; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine faint mottles; moderate coarse columnar, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 2.5 fine roots throughout; 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01798. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots throughout; few fine faint 7.5YR44 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 222940; continuous - phpvsfiid 222940
    1Bt2—40 to 60 centimeters (15.7 to 23.6 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; clay; 1 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine faint mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 2.5 fine roots throughout; 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01799. few fine carbonate concretions concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots throughout; few fine faint 10YR64 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 222941; continuous - phpvsfiid 222941
    1Bt3—60 to 85 centimeters (23.6 to 33.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; clay; 11 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent medium irregular carbonate concretions; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01800. few medium carbonate concretions concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common medium distinct 10YR72 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 222942; continuous - phpvsfiid 222942
    1C1—85 to 118 centimeters (33.5 to 46.5 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior and brown (10YR 5/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01801
    1C2—118 to 140 centimeters (46.5 to 55.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; weathered bedrock; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01802
    1R—140 to 141 centimeters (55.1 to 55.5 inches); unweathered bedrock; fragments.