IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Reading
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 91KS161026
  • User Pedon ID: 91KS161026
  • User Site Association ID: Konza Prairie Research Natural Area (KPRNA)91KS161-Konza Prairie Sampled PedonsKansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 91KS161026
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41000
  • 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: 39.0850830
  • Std. Longitude: -96.5836487
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 708998 m E, 4328998 m N UTM grid zone 14
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS161—Riley
  • MLRA: 76—Bluestem Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS161—Riley County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39096-A5—Swede Creek, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. Wehmueller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Calcic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • 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 - Reading
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Calcic Hapludolls
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/9/1991
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-silty alluvium
  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/9/1991 (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—94

    25—

    —94—

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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

    8

    —

    —

    366

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    40

    0

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; strong fine and medium granular structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR0153
    BA—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent by volume subrounded unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR0154
    Bw1—25 to 61 centimeters (9.8 to 24.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) exterior and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 6.0 fine roots throughout; 40 percent distinct very dark brown (10YR 2/2) pressure faces on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume subangular unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR0155. continuous - phpvsfiid 22510; continuous - phpvsfiid 22510
    Bw2—61 to 94 centimeters (24.0 to 37.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) exterior and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed silty clay loam; 5 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 35 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) pressure faces on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume subangular unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR0156. continuous - phpvsfiid 22511; continuous - phpvsfiid 22511
    2Bw3—94 to 142 centimeters (37.0 to 55.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) gravelly silty clay loam; 5 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine and medium distinct mottles; firm; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) pressure faces on faces of peds; 15 percent by volume subrounded unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR0157. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 22512; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 22512
    2BC—142 to 183 centimeters (55.9 to 72.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) gravelly silty clay; firm; 20 percent by volume subrounded unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR0158
    3C—183 to 213 centimeters (72.0 to 83.9 inches); 30 percent olive yellow (5Y 6/8) and 70 percent olive (5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; 22 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine and coarse prominent mottles; massive; 5 percent fine and medium spherical carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR0159
    3Cr—213 to 295 centimeters (83.9 to 116.1 inches); weathered bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # KSUR0160. Olive green and yellow calcareous shale