IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MUIR
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1953KS157004
  • User Pedon ID: S1953KS157004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1798
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35956
  • 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: 39.7305565
  • Std. Longitude: -97.7730560
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3S
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 600 feet south and 100 feet west of N1/4 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 #: 4
  • 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
  • Runoff: low
  • 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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; loam, very fine sandy loam; single grain, and weak coarse subangular blocky; soft, very friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14333. Lower two inches have very weak coarse cleavage.
    A1—18 to 43 centimeters (7.1 to 16.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; silt loam; weak coarse and very coarse prismatic parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, friable; 21.0 roots; 21 percent worm casts; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14334
    B2—43 to 71 centimeters (16.9 to 28.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak very fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 3.0 roots; clay films; 21 percent worm casts; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14335. patchy - phpvsfiid 196408; patchy - phpvsfiid 196408
    B3—71 to 109 centimeters (28.0 to 42.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak fine angular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 roots; 1 percent clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent worm casts; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14336. patchy - phpvsfiid 196409; patchy - phpvsfiid 196409
    C1—109 to 135 centimeters (42.9 to 53.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak very fine angular blocky structure; soft, friable; 0.5 roots; prominent clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent worm casts; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14337
    C2—135 to 155 centimeters (53.1 to 61.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable; 0.1 roots; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent worm casts; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A14338. patchy - phpvsfiid 186427; patchy - phpvsfiid 186427
    Cca—155 to 168 centimeters (61.0 to 66.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silt loam; 3 percent white (10YR 8/1) fine and medium mottles; weak fine angular blocky structure; soft, friable; 0.1 fine roots; 21.0 pores; carbonate coats on faces of peds; carbonate threads and 1 percent coarse spherical weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A14339. continuous - phpvsfiid 186428; continuous - phpvsfiid 186428