IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Parsons

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2012KS021003

User Pedon ID: S2012KS021003

User Site Association ID: MLRA 112 - Natric Project

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 13N0427

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72783

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: 37.2150667

Std. Longitude: -94.8722722

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: S34, T 32, R 23

Map Unit: 8863—Parsons silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes

State: Kansas

County: KS021—Cherokee

MLRA: 112—Cherokee Prairies

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS021—Cherokee County, Kansas

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37094-B7—Columbus, Kansas

PEDON

Describers Name: G. Campbell, S. Paine, JR Perkins

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, thermic Mollic Albaqualfs

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: TUD pedon

Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Parsons

Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, active, thermic Mollic Albaqualfs

Taxon Kind - series

PSC - 25 to 75 cm.

Classificaton Date - 9/24/2012

Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture SUBClass - aquic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: loess over residuum weathered from shale

Landscape: plains

Landform: interfluve

Hill Slope Profile: summit

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: convex

Slope Shape Down: linear

Drainage Class: somewhat poorly

Geology: Cherokee Group formation of the Pennsylvanian group.

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: yes

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 8/10/2012 (actual site observation date)

Data Collector: G. Campbell, S. Paine, JR Perkins

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland

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 argillic horizon redox concentrations reduced matrix gypsum accumulations	0—53 25—224 25—224 53—224 99—140	—- —- —- —- —-

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
0.2	—	—	269.7	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; many (10.0) fine roots throughout; many (10.0) fine interstitial pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N01742

Bt—25 to 53 centimeters (9.8 to 20.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay; moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; common (3.0) fine roots throughout; common (3.0) fine tubular pores; 30 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N01743

Btg1—53 to 81 centimeters (20.9 to 31.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; common (3.0) fine roots throughout; common (3.0) fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 25 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N01744

Btg2—81 to 99 centimeters (31.9 to 39.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; common (3.0) fine roots throughout; common (3.0) fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N01745

Btg3—99 to 140 centimeters (39.0 to 55.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; common (3.0) fine roots throughout; common (3.0) fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions and 25 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent fine light gray (10YR 7/1) gypsum masses and 5 percent fine gypsum crystal clusters; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N01746

Btg4—140 to 173 centimeters (55.1 to 68.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; few (0.5) fine roots throughout; few (0.5) fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent medium black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses and 30 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N01747

Btg5—173 to 224 centimeters (68.1 to 88.2 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silty clay; moderate fine prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; few (0.5) fine roots throughout; few (0.5) fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent medium black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses and 30 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # 13N01748