IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Saltine
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 00KS157001
  • User Pedon ID: 00KS157001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 00KS157001
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 00KS157001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40145
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 39.6836281
  • Std. Longitude: -97.5627670
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4S
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: S1/2 SE1/4
  • Location Description: Nutter wetland determination near Talmo, Kansas.
  • Map Unit: Wa—SALTINE SILTY CLAY LOAM, FREQUENTLY FLOODED
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS157—Republic
  • MLRA: 75—Central Loess Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS157—Republic County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39097-F5—Wayne, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. Wehmueller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, active, mesic Mollic Fluvaquents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Saltine
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, active, mesic Mollic Fluvaquents
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/22/2000
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty alluvium over coarse-loamy alluvium
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for long periods
  • Geology: Quaternary Alluvium formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/22/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 58
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    DISP

    Distichlis spicata

    saltgrass

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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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    A—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; firm; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1963
    C1—20 to 34 centimeters (7.9 to 13.4 inches); 50 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) exterior and 50 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior stratified stratified silty clay loam; massive; friable; 5 percent medium prominent irregular brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries infused into matrix along faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1964; moist when described;. The lighter color strata are 5-20 mm thick, darker strata are much thicker. The lighter color starta is calcareous and much less clayey, darker color strata are non calcareous.
    C2—34 to 72 centimeters (13.4 to 28.3 inches); 60 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior and 40 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior stratified stratified silt loam; massive; very friable; 5 percent medium prominent irregular brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries lining pores; 1 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses lining pores; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1965; moist when described;
    Ab1—72 to 84 centimeters (28.3 to 33.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1966; moist when described;
    Ab2—84 to 130 centimeters (33.1 to 51.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) exterior silty clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1967; wet, non-satiated when described;
    C—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) exterior stratified stratified very fine sandy loam; massive; very friable; 5 percent medium prominent irregular brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron infused into matrix along faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # KSUSS1968; wet, satiated when described;