IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Solomon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 89KS061346
  • User Pedon ID: 89KS061346
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 89KS061346
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40989
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 38.9769783
  • Std. Longitude: -96.8964233
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12S
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 1800 ft. N and 1600 ft. W of the SE corner
  • Location Description: About 3.5 miles south and 3.5 miles west 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-H8—Kansas Falls, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. Wehmueller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic (calcareous) Vertic Haplaquolls
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Solomon
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic (calcareous) Vertic Haplaquolls
  • Classificaton Date - 6/5/1989
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: ephemeral oxbow lake on flood plain
  • Slope Position: depression
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: occasional flooding
  • Ponding: frequent ponding for long periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/5/1989 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 14
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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—66

    —66—
    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

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    —

    331

    —

    820

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    181

    11.8

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    A—0 to 36 centimeters (0.0 to 14.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay; weak fine granular structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 6.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2434
    Bg1—36 to 66 centimeters (14.2 to 26.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 fine roots between peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2435
    Bg2—66 to 109 centimeters (26.0 to 42.9 inches); 40 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and 60 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay; 2 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) medium distinct mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 fine roots between peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2436
    Bg3—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches); 50 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and 50 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silty clay; 2 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) medium distinct mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine roots between peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # KSUSS2437