IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Martin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991KS073002
  • User Pedon ID: 91KS073002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0841
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63879
  • 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: 37.8574982
  • Std. Longitude: -96.4661102
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25S
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 24
  • Location Description: Latitude: 96 degrees 27 min 58 sec ; Longitude: 37 degrees 51 min 27 sec ; Hap Jackson. Map 46
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS073—Greenwood

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Franks, P. Finnell, J. Warner
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Martin
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic Typic Pelluderts
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1991
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); 2.5Y 3/0 (2.5Y 3/0) silty clay loam; strong medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P05103. few medium roots; common very fine and fine roots
    A2—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); 2.5Y 3/0 (2.5Y 3/0) silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and strong medium granular structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P05104. common very fine and fine roots
    Bt—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine to coarse roots; , moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on all faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P05105. few fine to coarse roots
    Bss1—48 to 76 centimeters (18.9 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) clay; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; , moist, slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. 915106; few very fine roots
    Bss2—76 to 119 centimeters (29.9 to 46.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay; weak coarse angular blocky, and coarse wedge structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; , moist, slickensides (pedogenic); 11 percent lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P05107. common soft masses of lime concentrations; few very fine roots
    Bss3—119 to 137 centimeters (46.9 to 53.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; , moist, slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P05108. few very fine roots
    C—137 to 147 centimeters (53.9 to 57.9 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) silty clay; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P05109. there is a one cm wide seam of limestone at the top of the C horizon; intersecting slickensides at C contact
    Cr—147 to 201 centimeters (57.9 to 79.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 91P05110. highly fractured shale