Megapit Details - NEON Data

D06 UKFS Megapit Soils Description

PEDON DESCRIPTION

Print Date: Jul 22 2015	Country:
Description Date: Jul 21 2014	State: Kansas
Describer: D. Kohake, J. Hellerich, A. Baldwin, C. Remley, J. Anderson	County: Douglas
Site ID: S2014KS045001	MLRA: 106 -- Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills
Site Note: Sampled the shale residual component of a 7550 Rosendale-Bendena map unit.	Soil Survey Area: KS045 -- Douglas County, Kansas 5-LIN -- Lincoln, Nebraska
Pedon ID: S2014KS045001	Map Unit: 7550 -- Rosendale-Bendena silty clay loams, 3 to 40 percent slopes
Pedon Note: This profiel is a taxadjunct to the Rosendale series. It is simialr to Rosendale being a residual soil in the lower half of the profile, but it has a thicker dark mollic surface and an argillic horizon that Rosendale doesn't have.	Quad Name: Midland, Kansas
Lab Source ID: KSSL	Std Latitude: 39.0417500
Lab Pedon #: 14N0941	Std Longitude: -95.2043889
User Transect ID:
Soil Name as Described/Sampled: Rosendale
Classification: Fine, smectitic, mesic Pachic Argiudolls	Latitude: 39 degrees 2 minutes 30.30 seconds north
Soil Name as Correlated:	Longitude: 95 degrees 12 minutes 15.80 seconds west
Classification:	Datum: WGS84
Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series	UTM Zone: 15
Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site	UTM Easting: 309221 meters
Taxon Kind: taxadjunct	UTM Northing: 4323722 meters
Associated Soils:
Physiographic Division: Interior Plains	Primary Earth Cover: Tree cover
Physiographic Province: Central Lowland Province	Secondary Earth Cover: Other tree cover
Physiographic Section: Dissected till plains	Existing Vegetation:
State Physiographic Area: Glaciated Region	Parent Material: colluvium over residuum weathered from shale
Local Physiographic Area:	Bedrock Kind:
Geomorphic Setting: on footslope of side slope of hillslope on upland	Bedrock Depth:
Upslope Shape: concave	Bedrock Hardness:
Cross Slope Shape: linear	Bedrock Fracture Interval:
Particle Size Control Section: 28 to 78 cm.	Surface Fragments:
Description origin: NASIS	Description database: KSSL

Diagnostic Features:

mollic epipedon 0 to 76 cm.
argillic horizon 28 to 121 cm.
lithologic discontinuity 76 to 76 cm.
secondary carbonates 101 to 121 cm.

Cont. Site ID: S2014KS045001

Pedon ID: S2014KS045001

Slope (%)	Elevation (meters)	Aspect (deg)	MAAT (C)	MSAT (C)	MWAT (C)	MAP (mm)	Frost-Free Days	Drainage Class	Slope Length (meters)	Upslope Length (meters)
3.0	304.0	270						moderately well

A1--0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) broken face silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; many very fine roots throughout and common fine roots throughout and common coarse roots throughout; 1 percent flat angular indurated 5 to 20-millimeter limestone fragments; noneffervescent, by HCl, 1 normal; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N04657. 3 bulk density clods sampled

A2--13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) broken face silty clay loam; 34 percent clay; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; many very fine roots throughout and common fine roots throughout and common coarse roots throughout; 1 percent flat angular indurated 5 to 20-millimeter limestone fragments; noneffervescent, by HCl, 1 normal; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N04658. 3 bulk density clods sampled

Bt1--28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face silty clay; 40 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; many very fine roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent nonflat subrounded strongly cemented 5 to 20-millimeter limestone fragments; noneffervescent, by HCl, 1 normal; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N04659. 3 bulk density clods and 2 natural fabric clods sampled

Bt2--43 to 76 centimeters (16.9 to 29.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face silty clay; 42 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; common very fine roots throughout and few very coarse roots throughout; 15 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent nonflat subangular indurated 20 to 76-millimeter limestone fragments; noneffervescent, by HCl, 1 normal; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N04660. line of flagstone sized limestone fragments found at the bottom of this horizon, 3 bulk density clods and 2 natural fabric clods sampled

2Bt3--76 to 101 centimeters (29.9 to 39.8 inches); 50 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face and 50 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/3) broken face clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; common very fine roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; 5 percent distinct slickensides (geogenic) and 10 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent flat subangular very strongly cemented 20 to 76-millimeter limestone fragments and 2 percent flat subangular very strongly cemented 2 to 5-millimeter limestone fragments and 2 percent flat subangular very strongly cemented 5 to 20-millimeter limestone fragments; strong effervescence, by HCl, 1 normal; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N04661. the multiple colors are from the variegated weathered shale, 3 bulk density clods and 2 natural fabric clods sampled

2Btk--101 to 121 centimeters (39.8 to 47.6 inches); 80 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) broken face and 20 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/3) broken face clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; common very fine roots throughout; 5 percent distinct slickensides (geogenic) and 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent medium distinct spherical very strongly cemented carbonate concretions throughout; 1 percent flat subangular very strongly cemented 5 to 20-millimeter limestone fragments and 1 percent flat subangular very strongly cemented 20 to 76-millimeter limestone fragments; strong effervescence, by HCl, 1 normal; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N04662. the multiple colors are from the variegated weathered shale, 3 bulk density clods and 2 natural fabric clods sampled

2C1--121 to 148 centimeters (47.6 to 58.3 inches); 50 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/3) broken face and 40 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) broken face and 10 percent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/8) broken face clay; structureless massive; very hard, very firm; common very fine roots throughout and common medium roots throughout; 5 percent distinct slickensides (geogenic); 1 percent flat subangular very strongly cemented 20 to 76-millimeter limestone fragments and 2 percent flat subangular very strongly cemented 5 to 20-millimeter limestone fragments; strong effervescence, by HCl, 1 normal; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N04663. the multiple colors are from the variegated weathered shale, there was some geologic platy structure from the shale still evident, 3 bulk density clods and 2 natural fabric clods sampled

2C2--148 to 200 centimeters (58.3 to 78.7 inches); 60 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face and 40 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) broken face clay; structureless massive; very hard, extremely firm; common very fine roots in cracks; 5 percent distinct slickensides (geogenic); 3 percent nonflat subrounded weakly cemented 5 to 20-millimeter mudstone fragments and 4 percent nonflat subrounded very strongly cemented 20 to 76-millimeter limestone fragments and 7 percent nonflat subrounded weakly cemented 20 to 76-millimeter mudstone fragments; strong effervescence, by HCl, 1 normal. Lab sample # 14N04664. the multiple colors are from the variegated weathered shale, there was some geologic platy structure from the shale still evident, 3 bulk density clods and 2 natural fabric clods sampled