IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Parsons
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2006KS133002
  • User Pedon ID: S2006KS133002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2006KS133002
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas Soil Temperature and Water Study
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0135
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19059
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 37.5111961
  • Std. Longitude: -95.3525543
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 29 S
  • Range: 19 E
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 2650 ft E, 1200 ft S of NW corner of section
  • Location Description: About 2.5 miles north of Galesburg, Kansas.
  • Map Unit: Pa—PARSONS SILT LOAM, 0 TO 1 PERCENT SLOPES8863—Parsons silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS133—Neosho
  • MLRA: 112—Cherokee Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS133—Neosho County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37095-E3—Shaw, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Gastineau, W. Wehmueller & JC Remley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, thermic Vertic Albaqualfs
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Parsons
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, active, thermic Vertic Albaqualfs
  • PSC - 35 to 85 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/19/2006
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty loess over clayey alluvium over clayey residuum
  • Landscape: alluvial plain remnant
  • Landform: paleoterrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: shale, unspecified
  • Geology: Wea Shale member of the Cherryvale Shale formation in the Kansas City Group group.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/19/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    2Bt2

    3Btyg

    3Btg1

    3Btg2

    3Btg3

    3Btg4

    67

    83

    115

    135

    170

    206

    83

    115

    135

    170

    206

    240

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    2Bt2

    3Btyg

    3Btg1

    3Btg2

    3Btg3

    3Btg4

    67

    83

    115

    135

    170

    206

    83

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    240

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    2Bt2

    3Btyg

    3Btg1

    3Btg2

    3Btg3

    3Btg4

    67

    83

    115

    135

    170

    206

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    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    FEEL

    Festuca elatior

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    redox concentrations

    abrupt textural change

    argillic horizon

    0—18

    18—35

    18—240

    34—36

    35—240

    —18—

    —7—

    —177—

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    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

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, dry; silt loam; 22 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 7 um/s; moderate permeability; low excavation difficulty; 15.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine low-continuity vesicular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00890; very dry when described; observed in trench
    E—18 to 35 centimeters (7.1 to 13.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) rubbed, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) crushed, dry; silt loam; 22 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak coarse platy parts to weak coarse granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 6 um/s; moderate permeability; low excavation difficulty; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00891; very dry when described; observed in trench
    2Bt1—35 to 67 centimeters (13.8 to 26.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face silty clay; 55 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; Ksat of 0.03 um/s; very slow permeability; high excavation difficulty; 4.0 very fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 50 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00892; dry when described; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 342302; continuous - phpvsfiid 342302
    2Bt2—67 to 83 centimeters (26.4 to 32.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face silty clay; 49 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; Ksat of 0.04 um/s; very slow permeability; high excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 40 percent faint very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 2 percent fine prominent irregular moderately coherent cemented gypsum crystal clusters on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00893; dry when described; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 342303; continuous - phpvsfiid 342303
    3Btyg—83 to 115 centimeters (32.7 to 45.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face silty clay; 49 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to strong coarse platy structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; Ksat of 0.05 um/s; very slow permeability; high excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 7.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 40 percent faint very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 5 percent coarse prominent irregular moderately coherent cemented gypsum crystal clusters on surfaces along pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00894; dry when described; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 342304; continuous - phpvsfiid 342304
    3Btg1—115 to 135 centimeters (45.3 to 53.1 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) broken face silty clay; 49 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; Ksat of 0.05 um/s; very slow permeability; high excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 7.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 20 percent faint dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 1 percent fine prominent irregular moderately coherent cemented gypsum crystal clusters on surfaces along pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00895; slightly moist when described; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 342305; continuous - phpvsfiid 342305
    3Btg2—135 to 170 centimeters (53.1 to 66.9 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) broken face silty clay; 49 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; Ksat of 0.05 um/s; very slow permeability; high excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 7.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 20 percent faint dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 1 percent fine prominent irregular moderately coherent cemented gypsum crystal clusters on surfaces along pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00896; slightly moist when described; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 342306; continuous - phpvsfiid 342306
    3Btg3—170 to 206 centimeters (66.9 to 81.1 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) broken face silty clay; 52 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; Ksat of 0.05 um/s; very slow permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 7.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 20 percent faint dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent spherical black (N 2/0), moist, iron-manganese nodules with diffuse boundaries throughout and 40 percent medium distinct irregular dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries throughout; 1 percent fine prominent irregular moderately coherent cemented gypsum crystal clusters on surfaces along pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00897; moist when described; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 342307; continuous - phpvsfiid 342307
    3Btg4—206 to 240 centimeters (81.1 to 94.5 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) broken face silty clay; 50 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; Ksat of 0.05 um/s; very slow permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent faint dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores; 10 percent fine prominent spherical black (N 2/0), moist, iron-manganese nodules with diffuse boundaries throughout and 40 percent medium distinct irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries throughout; 1 percent fine prominent irregular moderately coherent cemented gypsum crystal clusters on surfaces along pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 07N00898; moist when described; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 342308; continuous - phpvsfiid 342308