IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Solomon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 88KS061324
  • User Pedon ID: 88KS061324
  • 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 # - 88KS061324
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40978
  • 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: 38.9861450
  • Std. Longitude: -96.8530884
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12S
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 150 feet south and 150 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: About 2 miles south of Junction City, Kansas.
  • Map Unit: Sh—SOLOMON SILTY CLAY, OCCASIONALLY FLOODED3617—Solomon silty clay, occasionally 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-H7—Wreford, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. Graber
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, calcareous, mesic Vertic Epiaquolls
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Solomon
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, calcareous, mesic Vertic Epiaquolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/29/1988
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey alluvium
  • Slope Position: depression
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for brief periods
  • Ponding: frequent ponding for brief periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/29/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    0—48

    —48—
    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

    0

    —

    —

    326

    —

    820

    —

    181

    11.8

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay; weak fine granular structure; loose, very firm; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2768
    A1—20 to 48 centimeters (7.9 to 18.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay; weak medium angular blocky structure; loose, very firm; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2769
    Bg1—48 to 91 centimeters (18.9 to 35.8 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; loose, extremely firm; 1 percent fine distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented brown (10YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries infused into matrix along faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2770
    Bg2—91 to 127 centimeters (35.8 to 50.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, extremely firm; 10 percent fine distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries infused into matrix along faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2771
    Bg3—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay; weak medium angular blocky structure; loose, extremely firm; 10 percent medium distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries infused into matrix along faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # KSUSS2772