The Rossville Unit consists of 80 acres located 1 mile east of Rossville or 4 miles west of Silver Lake on US 24. The Kansas River Valley Experiment Field was established to study how to effectively manage and use irrigation resources for crop production in the Kansas River Valley. Soils description Soils on the two fields are predominately in the Eudora series. Small areas of soils in the Sarpy, Kimo, and Wabash series also occur. The soils are well drained, except for small areas of Kimo and Wabash soils in low areas.
Soil texture varies from silt loam to sandy loams and the soils are subject to wind erosion.
Most soils are deep, but texture and surface drainage vary widely. We hope you enjoy visiting our WWW site.