IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muir
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 88KS061114
  • User Pedon ID: 88KS061114
  • User Site Association ID: Geary County, MuirKS061 Geary County Type LocationsKansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 88KS061-4V
  • Transect Stop Number - 13
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 88KS061114
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40964
  • Print Date: 5/2/2024

    • 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: 38.9892006
  • Std. Longitude: -96.9269791
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12S
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 1400 ft. N. and 200 ft. W. of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: 1400 ft. N, 200 ft. W of SE corner sec. 24 T12S, R4E.
  • Map Unit: Mu—MUIR SILT LOAM, RARELY FLOODED3775—Muir silt loam, rarely flooded
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS061—Geary
  • MLRA: 75—Central Loess Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS061—Geary County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38096-H8—Kansas Falls, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Hamilton, V.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Cumulic Haplustolls
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Muir
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Cumulic Haplustolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/5/1988
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from mixed
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: fluvial terrace
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: rare flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/5/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 14
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    337

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    820

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    181

    11.8

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    Ap1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2462
    A2—10 to 41 centimeters (3.9 to 16.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine vesicular and tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2463
    Bw1—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silt loam; strong fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2464
    Bw2—61 to 112 centimeters (24.0 to 44.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable; 1.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine discontinuous tubular pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2465
    C—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; massive; hard when dry, friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine continuous tubular pores; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS2466