IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nalim
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 08KS095241
  • User Pedon ID: 08KS095241
  • User Site Association ID: 07908KS095Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 08KS095241
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40876
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024

    • 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: 37.6900330
  • Std. Longitude: -97.9307022
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27s
  • Range: 6w
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: NW
  • Map Unit: Fa—FARNUM SANDY LOAM, 0 TO 2 PERCENT SLOPES5897—Farnum sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS095—Kingman
  • MLRA: 79—Great Bend Sand Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS095—Kingman County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37097-F8—Waterloo, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ryan Still
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, superactive, mesic Oxyaquic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nalim
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, superactive, mesic Oxyaquic Argiustolls
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 31 control section clay


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/18/2008 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—25

    25—

    —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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    1

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    100

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches);, dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) broken face, moist; sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 15 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 2 um/s; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3992; observed in push tube
    Bt1—25 to 44 centimeters (9.8 to 17.3 inches);, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) broken face, moist; clay loam; 35 percent sand; 31 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; Ksat of 0.9 um/s; 4.0 very fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 5 percent distinct organoargillans on surfaces along root channels and 35 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3993; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 405074; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 405075; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 405074; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 405075
    Bt2—44 to 67 centimeters (17.3 to 26.4 inches);, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) broken face, moist; clay loam; 40 percent sand; 30 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; Ksat of 1 um/s; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3994; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 405076; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 405076
    Bt3—67 to 116 centimeters (26.4 to 45.7 inches);, strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face, moist; clay loam; 35 percent sand; 32 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; Ksat of 0.9 um/s; 2.0 very fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent medium prominent dendritic noncoherent cemented dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries on surfaces along root channels and 5 percent fine prominent spherical noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries throughout and 20 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries throughout; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3995; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 405078; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 405078
    Bt4—116 to 145 centimeters (45.7 to 57.1 inches);, strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face, moist; clay loam; 35 percent sand; 33 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; Ksat of 0.7 um/s; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 20 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine prominent spherical weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese nodules with diffuse boundaries throughout and 5 percent medium prominent dendritic noncoherent cemented dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries on surfaces along root channels and 5 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries on vertical faces of peds and 15 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3996; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 405079; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 405079
    Bt5—145 to 208 centimeters (57.1 to 81.9 inches);, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) broken face, moist; clay loam; 21 percent sand; 38 percent clay; strong medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; Ksat of 0.3 um/s; 4.0 very fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 50 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent dendritic noncoherent cemented dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries on surfaces along root channels; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # KSUSS3997; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 405080; continuous - phpvsfiid 405080