IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Geary
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 89KS061004
  • User Pedon ID: 89KS061004
  • User Site Association ID: Fort Riley LCTA
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0076
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62009
  • 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: 39.1894444
  • Std. Longitude: -96.9086111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10S
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 300 feet south and 800 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: 300 ft. south and 800 ft. west of the northeast corner of section 18 T 10. S., R. 5 E.
  • Map Unit: Ge—GEARY SILT LOAM, 3 TO 8 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-B8—Milford, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Fortner, Watts, Wehmueller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed Pachic Argiustolls
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Geary
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Pachic Argiustolls
  • PSC - 38 to 89 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/5/1989
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess derived from mixed
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/5/1989 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 1
  • 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

    argillic horizon

    0—71

    38—180

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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

    7

    —

    —

    366

    —

    90

    820

    —

    181

    11.8

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. 90P0500
    A2—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; strong fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. 90P0501
    BA—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. 90P0502
    Bt1—38 to 71 centimeters (15.0 to 28.0 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) exterior and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; weak fine prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 30 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. 90P0503; patchy - phpvsfiid 22979; patchy - phpvsfiid 22979
    Bt2—71 to 114 centimeters (28.0 to 44.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 3.0 fine roots between peds; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds and 30 percent distinct clay films on horizontal faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. 90P0504; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 22981; continuous - phpvsfiid 22980; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 22981; continuous - phpvsfiid 22980
    Bt3—114 to 145 centimeters (44.9 to 57.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 1.0 fine roots between peds; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. 90P0505; few krotovina 50-100 mm. in diameter; continuous - phpvsfiid 22982; continuous - phpvsfiid 22982
    Bt4—145 to 180 centimeters (57.1 to 70.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and yellowish red (5YR 5/6), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; silt loam; 2 percent reddish gray (5YR 5/2) medium distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable; 1.0 very fine roots between peds; 6.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. 90P0506; few krotovina 50-100 mm in diameter; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 22983; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 22983
    BC—180 to 226 centimeters (70.9 to 89.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; silt loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable; 1.0 very fine roots between peds; 6.0 fine tubular pores; 20 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent coarse spherical clay bodies; fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. 90P0507; few krotovina; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 22984; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 22984
    C—226 to 236 centimeters (89.0 to 92.9 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; silt loam; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct manganese or iron-manganese stains in root channels and/or pores; fragments. 90P0508; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 22985; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 22985