IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shellabarger
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 04KS079417
  • User Pedon ID: 04KS079417
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 07904KS079-5910-004
  • Transect Stop Number - 7
  • Transect Interval - 90.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 04KS079417
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40195
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 37.9568100
  • Std. Longitude: -97.5351639
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24
  • Range: 2w
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 594 feet east and 348 feet north of the southwest corner
  • Map Unit: Na—NARON FINE SANDY LOAM, 0 TO 1 PERCENT SLOPE
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS079—Harvey
  • MLRA: 75—Central Loess Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS079—Harvey County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37097-H5—Bentley, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ryan Still
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Udic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shellabarger
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Udic Argiustolls
  • PSC - 24 to 74 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/12/2004
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 26.6 percent of control section clay and 85 cm of Depth to carbonates and 66 cm of Depth to redoximorphic features


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/12/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • 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

    argillic horizon

    0—50

    24—110

    —50—

    —86—
    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

    2

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    428.2

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    40

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    Ap1—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, moist; fine sandy loam; 10 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 9.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3123
    Ap2—12 to 24 centimeters (4.7 to 9.4 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; fine sandy loam; 15 percent clay; moderate coarse platy parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 7.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 3 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3124
    Bt1—24 to 50 centimeters (9.4 to 19.7 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; sandy clay loam; 25 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately rapid permeability; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 5 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3125. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 400356; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 400356
    Bt2—50 to 66 centimeters (19.7 to 26.0 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; clay loam; 27 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately rapid permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 9 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 400357; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 400357
    Bt3—66 to 85 centimeters (26.0 to 33.5 inches);, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed, moist; clay loam; 31 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 7 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 4 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 5-7-10 millimeter mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 400358; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 400358
    Btk—85 to 110 centimeters (33.5 to 43.3 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, moist; loam; 23 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately rapid permeability; 5 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 5-7-10 millimeter mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 400359; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 400359
    2C1—110 to 133 centimeters (43.3 to 52.4 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) crushed, moist; loamy fine sand; 9 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 5-7-10 millimeter mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary.
    2C2—133 to 203 centimeters (52.4 to 79.9 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, moist; loamy fine sand; 3 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 10 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 5-7-10 millimeter mixed fragments.