IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Osage
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1997KS031002
  • User Pedon ID: 97KS031002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0060
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10333
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 38.0758324
  • Std. Longitude: -95.6971359
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23S
  • Range: 16E
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 733 meters south and 411 meters east of the NW corner
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS031—Coffey
  • MLRA: 112—Cherokee Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS031—Coffey County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38095-A6—Le Roy, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Gastineau
  • 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
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Osage
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic Typic Epiaquerts
  • Classificaton Date - 10/7/1997
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flat
  • Microfeature: gilgai
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/7/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 49
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    cambic horizon

    14—230

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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

    1

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    300

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    90

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    A1—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); black (10YR 2/1) exterior silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 8.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P00424
    A2—6 to 14 centimeters (2.4 to 5.5 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior silty clay; moderate medium angular blocky parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 3 percent faint very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, pressure faces on horizontal faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P00425. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 201418; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 201418
    Bw1—14 to 30 centimeters (5.5 to 11.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior silty clay; 10 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine distinct irregular mottles; moderate medium angular blocky parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P00426
    Bw2—30 to 61 centimeters (11.8 to 24.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) exterior silty clay; 15 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine distinct irregular mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5 percent faint very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, pressure faces on horizontal faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P00427. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 202947; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 202947
    Bss1—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) exterior silty clay; 5 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine distinct irregular mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on horizontal faces of peds; 2 percent fine and medium spherical extremely weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P00428. continuous - phpvsfiid 202948; continuous - phpvsfiid 202948
    Bss2—81 to 105 centimeters (31.9 to 41.3 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) exterior silty clay; 2 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) medium distinct irregular mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 25 percent distinct very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on horizontal faces of peds; 2 percent fine and medium extremely weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P00429. continuous - phpvsfiid 202949; continuous - phpvsfiid 202949
    Bss3—105 to 126 centimeters (41.3 to 49.6 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) exterior silty clay; 30 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) medium and coarse distinct irregular mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent distinct dark reddish gray (2.5YR 3/1), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on horizontal faces of peds; 3 percent fine and medium spherical extremely weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P00430. continuous - phpvsfiid 202950; continuous - phpvsfiid 202950
    Bss4—126 to 160 centimeters (49.6 to 63.0 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) exterior silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5 percent distinct very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on horizontal faces of peds; 3 percent fine and medium spherical extremely weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions throughout; 2 percent fine and medium spherical weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P00431. continuous - phpvsfiid 202951; continuous - phpvsfiid 202951
    2Bssg1—160 to 200 centimeters (63.0 to 78.7 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) exterior silty clay; 30 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) coarse distinct irregular mottles; weak medium wedge parts to weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 20 percent distinct very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on horizontal faces of peds; 2 percent fine platy noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses throughout; 2 percent medium and coarse platy weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P00432. continuous - phpvsfiid 202952; continuous - phpvsfiid 202952
    2Bssg2—200 to 230 centimeters (78.7 to 90.6 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) exterior silty clay; 30 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) coarse distinct irregular mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on horizontal faces of peds; 3 percent medium and coarse platy carbonate concretions throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 98P00433. continuous - phpvsfiid 202953; continuous - phpvsfiid 202953