IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Geary
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 88KS061137
  • User Pedon ID: 88KS061137
  • User Site Association ID: KS061 Geary County Type LocationsKansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 88KS061137
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40967
  • 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: 39.0905876
  • Std. Longitude: -96.8658676
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11S
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 1000 ft. N. and 1100 ft. E of the SW corner
  • Location Description: 1000 ft. N, 1100 ft. E of SW sec. 15-11-5.
  • Map Unit: Ge—GEARY SILT LOAM, 3 TO 8 PERCENT SLOPES3844—Geary silt loam, 3 to 7 percent slopes
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS061—Geary
  • MLRA: 75—Central Loess Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS061—Geary County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39096-A7—Junction City, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Graber, S.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, superactive, mesic Udic Argiustolls
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Geary
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, superactive, mesic Udic Argiustolls
  • Classificaton Date - 2/25/1988
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess derived from mixed
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/25/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 5
  • 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

    6

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    375

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    45

    820

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    181

    11.8

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    A1—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 6.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2494
    A2—20 to 46 centimeters (7.9 to 18.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2495
    Bt1—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2496. patchy - phpvsfiid 23046; patchy - phpvsfiid 23046
    Bt2—64 to 122 centimeters (25.2 to 48.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2497. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 23047; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 23047
    Bt3—122 to 157 centimeters (48.0 to 61.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2498
    C—157 to 203 centimeters (61.8 to 79.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, friable; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS2499