IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MUIR
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1953KS157002
  • User Pedon ID: S1953KS157002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1797
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35955
  • Print Date: 5/2/2024

    • 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: 39.7230568
  • Std. Longitude: -97.7638855
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4S
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 0.25 mile south and 230 feet west of NE 1/4 corner
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS157—Republic
  • MLRA: 75—Central Loess Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS157—Republic County, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. M. Johnson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Cumulic Haplustolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - MUIR
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Muir
  • Classificaton Date - 10/23/1953
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: terrace
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/23/1953 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - other
  • 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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; loam, silt loam; single grain, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky; soft, friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14326
    A1—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), black (10YR 2/1), moist; silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; soft, friable; 21.0 roots; 21 percent worm casts; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14327
    B2—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; soft, friable; 3.0 fine roots; 21 percent worm casts; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14328
    B3—43 to 74 centimeters (16.9 to 29.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak very fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable; 21 percent worm casts; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14329
    C1—74 to 102 centimeters (29.1 to 40.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; soft, friable; 0.5 fine roots; 3 percent worm casts; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14330
    C2—102 to 142 centimeters (40.2 to 55.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; massive; soft, friable; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 pores; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14331
    C3—142 to 160 centimeters (55.9 to 63.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silt, silt loam; massive; soft, friable; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A14332