IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Woodson
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 09KS059001
  • User Pedon ID: S09KS059001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N1014
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24702
  • Print Date: 6/3/2024

    • 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: 38.5382500
  • Std. Longitude: -95.2458878
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17 S.
  • Range: 20 E.
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: Approximately 900 feet east and 900 feet north of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: About 4.5 miles south and 1 mile east of Ottawa, Kansas.
  • Map Unit: 8962—Woodson silt loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS059—Franklin
  • MLRA: 112—Cherokee Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS059—Franklin County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38095-E2—Peoria, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mark Abney, Paul Hartley (KSU), M.D. Ransom (KSU), C. Watts, W. Wehmueller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Vertic Argiaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Woodson
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, thermic Vertic Argiaquolls
  • PSC - 26 to 76 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/30/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess and/or residuum
  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: crest
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/30/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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

    redox concentrations

    slickensides

    0—84

    26—

    26—200

    56—117

    —84—

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    —61—
    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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    —

    296

    —

    360

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    Ap—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior silty clay loam; 3 percent sand; 30 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable; 10.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N03903; moderately moist when described; observed in trench
    A—8 to 26 centimeters (3.1 to 10.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior silty clay loam; 3 percent sand; 36 percent clay; moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, and gray (10YR 5/1), dry, silt coats on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N03904; moderately moist when described; observed in trench. patchy - phpvsfiid 467408; patchy - phpvsfiid 467408
    Bt1—26 to 56 centimeters (10.2 to 22.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior silty clay; 3 percent sand; 55 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 6.0 very fine roots between peds; 5 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), dry, silt coats on vertical faces of peds and 70 percent faint black (10YR 2/1), moist, and very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine distinct spherical noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N03905; moderately moist when described; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 467409; patchy - phpvsfiid 467410; continuous - phpvsfiid 467409; patchy - phpvsfiid 467410
    Bt2—56 to 84 centimeters (22.0 to 33.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior silty clay; 3 percent sand; 50 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 6.0 very fine roots throughout; 5 percent slickensides (pedogenic) and 60 percent faint dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine distinct irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented brown (10YR 5/3), moist, iron-manganese masses infused into matrix along faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N03906; moderately moist when described; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 467411; continuous - phpvsfiid 467411
    Btssg—84 to 117 centimeters (33.1 to 46.1 inches); 60 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior and 40 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior silty clay; 3 percent sand; 50 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 25 percent slickensides (pedogenic) and 50 percent faint very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine distinct irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses infused into matrix along faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N03907; moderately moist when described; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 467413; continuous - phpvsfiid 467414; continuous - phpvsfiid 467413; continuous - phpvsfiid 467414
    Btg1—117 to 148 centimeters (46.1 to 58.3 inches); 75 percent gray (10YR 5/1) exterior and 25 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) exterior silty clay; 3 percent sand; 48 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 30 percent faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings on faces of peds and 40 percent fine prominent irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses infused into matrix along faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N03908; moderately moist when described; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 467415; continuous - phpvsfiid 467415
    Btg2—148 to 166 centimeters (58.3 to 65.4 inches); 75 percent gray (10YR 5/1) exterior and 25 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) exterior silty clay; 10 percent sand; 47 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 25 percent faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings on faces of peds and 50 percent medium prominent irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses infused into matrix along faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N03909; moderately moist when described; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 467416; continuous - phpvsfiid 467416
    Btg3—166 to 200 centimeters (65.4 to 78.7 inches); 70 percent gray (10YR 6/1) exterior and 30 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) exterior silty clay; 10 percent sand; 45 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 20 percent faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings on faces of peds and 50 percent medium prominent irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses infused into matrix along faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 09N03910; moderately moist when described; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 467417; continuous - phpvsfiid 467417