IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kennebec
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 99KS161011
  • User Pedon ID: 99KS161011
  • User Site Association ID: 99KS161-KSU 1999 land judging contestKansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 99KS161011
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41179
  • Print Date: 4/28/2024

    • 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: 39.2120399
  • Std. Longitude: -96.5936432
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10 S
  • Range: 7 E
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: ne 1/4
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS161—Riley
  • MLRA: 76—Bluestem Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS161—Riley County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39096-B5—Manhattan, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. Wehmueller, M.D. Ransom, J.C. Remley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Cumulic Hapludolls
  • 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 - Kennebec
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Cumulic Hapludolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/23/1999
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-silty alluvium derived from mixed
  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/23/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 23
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) exterior and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed silt loam; 26 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3521
    Ap2—13 to 29 centimeters (5.1 to 11.4 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) exterior silt loam; 28 percent clay; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots between peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3522. the structure of this horizon is related to compaction
    Ab—29 to 66 centimeters (11.4 to 26.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) exterior and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots between peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3523
    Bwb1—66 to 113 centimeters (26.0 to 44.5 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior and dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed silty clay loam; 33 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots between peds; 12.0 fine high-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent fine irregular ; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3524. there was much discussion about the few patchy clay films observed in this horizon, the conclusion was that the Ap1 and Ap2 are post settlement alluvium and that the original A starts at 29 cm. There is not a big enough clay increase from the Ab to the underlying horizons to qualify for an argillic horizon.; patchy - phpvsfiid 22195; patchy - phpvsfiid 22195
    Bwb2—113 to 145 centimeters (44.5 to 57.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior and dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed silty clay loam; 34 percent clay; 15 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots between peds; 12.0 fine high-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; iron-manganese concretions; 5 percent fine spherical between peds; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS3525. clay films in this horizon are similar to the horizon above and have a similar interpretation; patchy - phpvsfiid 22196; patchy - phpvsfiid 22196