IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Eudora
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2001KS177002
  • User Pedon ID: S2001KS177002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0246
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14614
  • 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: 39.0773468
  • Std. Longitude: -95.7685928
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11S
  • Range: 15E
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 800 feet north and 1200 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: KSU Ag Experiment Station, Paramore Field, 2.25 miles west of Highway 75 and north of Topeka, Kansas
  • Map Unit: Et—EUDORA SILT LOAM, RARELY FLOODED
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS177—Shawnee
  • MLRA: 106—Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS177—Shawnee County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39095-A6—Topeka, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Evans, B. Plinsky, L. Miller, J.C. Remley, W. Wehmueller, D. Kacirik, T. Reinsch
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Eudora
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Hapludolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/26/2001
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-silty alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: meander scar on fluvial terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for brief periods
  • Geology: Holliday Terrace formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/26/2001 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 20
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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

    0—55

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    Setting and Climate
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    Ap1—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N01108; observed in trench
    Ap2—12 to 23 centimeters (4.7 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N01109; observed in trench
    Ap3—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 25 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N01110; observed in trench. patchy - phpvsfiid 238615; patchy - phpvsfiid 238615
    A—43 to 55 centimeters (16.9 to 21.7 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; 5 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 30 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N01111; observed in trench. patchy - phpvsfiid 238616; patchy - phpvsfiid 238616
    AC—55 to 76 centimeters (21.7 to 29.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; 5 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine prominent mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N01112; observed in trench. some strata is 5 cm thick, that are darker and possibly higher in organic carbon.
    C1—76 to 106 centimeters (29.9 to 41.7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; 5 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N01113; observed in trench. many very fine strata like the Cozads, less than 1mm thick.
    C2—106 to 134 centimeters (41.7 to 52.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; 5 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N01114; observed in trench. many very fine strata like the Cozads, less than 1mm thick.
    Ck1—134 to 153 centimeters (52.8 to 60.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; 5 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N01115; observed in trench. many very fine strata like the Cozads, less than 1mm thick.
    Ck2—153 to 175 centimeters (60.2 to 68.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; 5 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N01116; observed in trench. many very fine strata like the Cozads, less than 1mm thick.
    2C—175 to 225 centimeters (68.9 to 88.6 inches); 50 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 50 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) fine sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; fragments. Lab sample # 02N01117; observed in trench