IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wathena-like
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 02KS043001
  • User Pedon ID: 02KS043001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0936
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15005
  • Print Date: 12/10/2025

    • 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: 39.8993889
  • Std. Longitude: -94.9535556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2 S
  • Range: 22 E
  • Section: 9
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS043—Doniphan
  • MLRA: 107—Iowa and Missouri Deep Loess Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS043—Doniphan County, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dave Kacirek
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Fluventic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wathena-like
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Fluventic Hapludolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/20/2002
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy alluvium over sandy alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for brief periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/20/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 7
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - 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

    mollic epipedon

    0—25

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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
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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) loamy fine sand; weak fine granular structure; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary.
    A2—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) stratified stratified fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary.
    2C1—25 to 30 centimeters (9.8 to 11.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) stratified stratified silt loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary.
    3C2—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) stratified stratified fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary.
    3C3—41 to 76 centimeters (16.1 to 29.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) stratified stratified loamy fine sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary.
    3C4—76 to 107 centimeters (29.9 to 42.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) stratified stratified loamy fine sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary.
    3C5—107 to 132 centimeters (42.1 to 52.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) stratified stratified loamy fine sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments.