IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Funmar
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
08KS159040
User Pedon ID:
08KS159040
User Site Association ID:
Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
KSU
Lab Pedon # -
08KS159040
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
40883
Print Date:
4/9/2025
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:
38.3610268
Std. Longitude:
-98.4001999
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
19
Range:
10W
Section:
35
PLSS Details:
NW 1/4
Map Unit:
5891—Farnum fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes
State:
Kansas
County:
KS159—Rice
MLRA:
79—Great Bend Sand Plains
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
KS159—Rice County, Kansas
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
38098-C4—Raymond, Kansas
PEDON
Describers Name:
Gary Parks
Current Taxonomic Class:
Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
Current Taxon Kind:
taxadjunct
Pedon Type:
not classified to current taxon name
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Funmar
Taxonomic Class -
Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
PSC -
26 to 76 cm.
Classificaton Date -
8/15/2008
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
tenth edition
Moisture Class -
ustic
Moisture SUBClass -
ustic
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
Field Measured Properties:
24 percent of control section clay
SITE
Parent Material:
alluvium
Landscape:
river valley
Landform:
paleoterrace
Geomorphic Component Terraces:
tread
Hill Slope Profile:
backslope
Slope Position:
middle third
Slope Shape Across:
convex
Slope Shape Down:
linear
Runoff:
low
Drainage Class:
well
Flooding:
none flooding
Ponding:
none ponding
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
8/15/2008 (actual site observation date)
Air Photo ID:
22
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
Yield Study ID -
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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532
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90
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Ap1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, moist; fine sandy loam; 75 percent sand; 12 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 30 um/s; moderately rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 5.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine low-continuity dendritic tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4021; observed in push tube
Ap2—15 to 26 centimeters (5.9 to 10.2 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) exterior, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior, moist; fine sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 18 percent clay; weak medium angular blocky parts to weak fine angular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 10 um/s; moderately rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular and 2.0 fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4022; observed in push tube
Bt1—26 to 39 centimeters (10.2 to 15.4 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior and dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, moist; sandy clay loam; 65 percent sand; 24 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 9 um/s; moderately rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 5 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4023; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 439089; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 439089
Bt2—39 to 52 centimeters (15.4 to 20.5 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed, moist; sandy clay loam; 65 percent sand; 24 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 9 um/s; moderate permeability; low excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 10 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4024; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 439090; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 439090
2Ab—52 to 90 centimeters (20.5 to 35.4 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, moist; loam; 45 percent sand; 25 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 2.5 um/s; moderate permeability; low excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4025; observed in push tube
2Btb—90 to 130 centimeters (35.4 to 51.2 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, moist; clay loam; 40 percent sand; 30 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; Ksat of 1 um/s; moderately slow permeability; low excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS4026; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 439091; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 439091