IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Parsons
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 11KS021001
  • User Pedon ID: S2011KS021001
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas Soil Temperature and Water Study
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N0042
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43104
  • 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: 37.1989722
  • Std. Longitude: -94.9809444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T33S
  • Range: R22E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: NE1/4 of the SE1/4, approximately 1090 feet west and 1900 feet feet north of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: About 8.5 miles west and 1.5 miles north of Columbus,Kansas.
  • Map Unit: 8863—Parsons silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS021—Cherokee
  • MLRA: 112—Cherokee Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS021—Cherokee County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37094-B8—Hallowell, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Watts, Cleveland; John Warner; William Wehmueller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, thermic Udollic Albaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Parsons
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, active, thermic Udollic Albaqualfs
  • PSC - 43 to 93 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/13/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over residuum
  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • 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: 10/13/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous 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

    ochric epipedon

    redox concentrations

    albic horizon

    argillic horizon

    abrupt textural change

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—29

    15—185

    29—43

    43—118

    43—

    89—185

    162—

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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

    1

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    263.7

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    135

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, dry; loam; 19 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 9.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N00239; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A—15 to 29 centimeters (5.9 to 11.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, dry; silt loam; 20 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent distinct silt coats on vertical faces of peds; 25 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses infused into matrix along faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N00240; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 709668; patchy - phpvsfiid 709668
    E—29 to 43 centimeters (11.4 to 16.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior, dry; silt loam; 20 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent distinct silt coats on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses and 25 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses infused into matrix along faces of peds; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00241; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 709669; patchy - phpvsfiid 709669
    Bt1—43 to 69 centimeters (16.9 to 27.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, dry; silty clay; 43 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm; 1.0 very fine roots between peds and 1.0 fine roots between peds; 20 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses and 20 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses infused into matrix along faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00242; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 709670; continuous - phpvsfiid 709670
    Bt2—69 to 89 centimeters (27.2 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior silty clay; 45 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 2 percent faint pressure faces on horizontal faces of peds and 15 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 8 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses and 15 percent coarse distinct irregular noncoherent cemented brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses infused into matrix along faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00243; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 709671; patchy - phpvsfiid 709672; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 709671; patchy - phpvsfiid 709672
    Btg—89 to 118 centimeters (35.0 to 46.5 inches); 60 percent gray (10YR 5/1) exterior silty clay loam; 37 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2 percent faint pressure faces on horizontal faces of peds and 5 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 8 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses and 15 percent coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses infused into matrix along faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00244; moist when described; observed in pit, small. the dominant matrix color is that of the reduced iron, at sampling this horizon was more moist than those above, the pressure faces are not large nor continuous enough to be considered slickensides but do indicate shrink and swell; patchy - phpvsfiid 709673; patchy - phpvsfiid 709674; patchy - phpvsfiid 709673; patchy - phpvsfiid 709674
    Bg1—118 to 162 centimeters (46.5 to 63.8 inches); 60 percent gray (10YR 5/1) exterior silty clay loam; 34 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent faint pressure faces on horizontal faces of peds; 10 percent coarse distinct irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses and 20 percent coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses infused into matrix along faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00245; moist when described; observed in pit, small. the dominant matrix color is that of the reduced iron, the pressure faces are not large nor continuous enough to be considered slickensides but do indicate some shrink-swell in the soil; patchy - phpvsfiid 709675; patchy - phpvsfiid 709675
    2Bg2—162 to 185 centimeters (63.8 to 72.8 inches); 70 percent gray (10YR 5/1) exterior clay loam; 32 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 1 percent faint pressure faces on horizontal faces of peds; 5 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses and 15 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses infused into matrix along faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 11N00246; moist when described; observed in pit, small. the dominant matrix color is that of reduced iron; patchy - phpvsfiid 709676; patchy - phpvsfiid 709676