IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Farnum
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 03KS009041
  • User Pedon ID: 03KS009041
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 03KS009-005
  • Transect Stop Number - 1
  • Transect Interval - 150.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 03KS009041
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40179
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 38.3631935
  • Std. Longitude: -98.8652802
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19 S
  • Range: 14 W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4
  • Map Unit: 5886—Farnum and Funmar loams, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS009—Barton
  • MLRA: 79—Great Bend Sand Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS009—Barton County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38098-C7—Great Bend, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JCW
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Udic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Farnum
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Udic Argiustolls
  • PSC - 18 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/9/2003
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 32 percent of control section clay


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: paleoterrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/9/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 52
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap

    Btk1

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    Btk4

    Btnyz

    0

    18

    46

    71

    127

    157

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    71

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    203

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Ap

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    46

    71

    127

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Ap

    Btk1

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    Btk3

    Btk4

    Btnyz

    0

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    gypsum accumulations

    0—46

    16—203

    16—157

    157—203

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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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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; 21 percent sand; 60 percent silt; 19 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; low excavation difficulty; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter. Lab sample # KSUSS2597; observed in push tube
    Btk1—18 to 46 centimeters (7.1 to 18.1 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; 15 percent sand; 51 percent silt; 34 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; slow permeability; low excavation difficulty; 40 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine calcite crystals throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 6.6, pH meter. Lab sample # KSUSS2598; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 442335; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 442335
    Btk2—46 to 71 centimeters (18.1 to 28.0 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; 17 percent sand; 53 percent silt; 30 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; low excavation difficulty; 2 percent prominent sand coats on all faces of peds and 30 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine calcite crystals throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter. Lab sample # KSUSS2599; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 442336; continuous - phpvsfiid 442337; continuous - phpvsfiid 442336; continuous - phpvsfiid 442337
    Btk3—71 to 127 centimeters (28.0 to 50.0 inches);, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist; loam; 29 percent sand; 48 percent silt; 22 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; low excavation difficulty; 25 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine carbonate masses throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter. Lab sample # KSUSS2600; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 442338; continuous - phpvsfiid 442338
    Btk4—127 to 157 centimeters (50.0 to 61.8 inches);, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist; silt loam; 30 percent sand; 50 percent silt; 19 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; low excavation difficulty; 15 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 8 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, pH meter. Lab sample # KSUSS2601; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 442339; continuous - phpvsfiid 442339
    Btnyz—157 to 203 centimeters (61.8 to 79.9 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; loam; 48 percent sand; 38 percent silt; 15 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; low excavation difficulty; 10 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine irregular salt crystals throughout and 5 percent fine irregular gypsum crystal clusters throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, pH meter. Lab sample # KSUSS2602; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 442340; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 442340