IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chase
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 94KS045015
  • User Pedon ID: 94KS045015
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 94KS045015
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41035
  • 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: 38.9090919
  • Std. Longitude: -95.2207947
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13 S
  • Range: 20 E
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 1600 feet south and 800 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: Mapped Pawnee clay loam, 1-3%. Mismapped terrace on the wakarusa River.
  • Map Unit: 7500—Pawnee clay loam, 1 to 4 percent slopes
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS045—Douglas
  • MLRA: 106—Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS045—Douglas County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38095-H2—Lawrence East, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Evans
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aquertic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chase
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Aquertic Argiudolls
  • PSC - 38 to 88 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/11/1994
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty and clayey alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: rare flooding for brief periods
  • Geology: Newman Terrace formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/11/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 20
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous 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

    argillic horizon

    0—51

    38—155

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    —117—
    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

    1

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    255

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    A1—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; 4 percent sand; 63 percent silt; 33 percent clay; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS1573
    A2—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay; 3 percent sand; 55 percent silt; 42 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS1574
    Bt1—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay; 4 percent sand; 56 percent silt; 41 percent clay; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; distinct clay films throughout; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS1575. continuous - phpvsfiid 23233; continuous - phpvsfiid 23233
    Bt2—51 to 79 centimeters (20.1 to 31.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay; 4 percent sand; 53 percent silt; 43 percent clay; 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; distinct clay films throughout; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS1576. continuous - phpvsfiid 23234; continuous - phpvsfiid 23234
    Bt3—79 to 107 centimeters (31.1 to 42.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 3 percent sand; 62 percent silt; 35 percent clay; 30 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) coarse distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; distinct clay films throughout; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS1577. continuous - phpvsfiid 23235; continuous - phpvsfiid 23235
    Bt4—107 to 155 centimeters (42.1 to 61.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay loam; 15 percent sand; 48 percent silt; 37 percent clay; 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) coarse distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; distinct clay films throughout; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS1578. continuous - phpvsfiid 23236; continuous - phpvsfiid 23236
    BC—155 to 193 centimeters (61.0 to 76.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay loam; 17 percent sand; 46 percent silt; 38 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS1579