IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Farnum
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 08KS159062
  • User Pedon ID: 08KS159062
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 08KS159062
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40884
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 38.2613068
  • Std. Longitude: -98.2501373
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: SW 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-C3—Chase, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Gary Parks
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Farnum
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
  • PSC - 27 to 77 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: 28 percent of control section clay


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: paleoterrace
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • 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: 38
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row 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
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    507

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    90

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    Ap1—0 to 16 centimeters (0.0 to 6.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, moist; sandy loam; 80 percent sand; 12 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 50 um/s; moderately rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4027; observed in push tube
    Ap2—16 to 27 centimeters (6.3 to 10.6 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior, moist; sandy loam; 80 percent sand; 12 percent clay; weak medium angular blocky parts to weak fine angular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 50 um/s; moderately rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4028; observed in push tube
    Bt1—27 to 48 centimeters (10.6 to 18.9 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, moist; sandy clay loam; 65 percent sand; 27 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 9 um/s; moderate 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; 1 percent by volume subrounded indurated 2-?-? millimeter mixed fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4029; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 439083; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 439083
    Bt2—48 to 63 centimeters (18.9 to 24.8 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, moist; clay loam; 40 percent sand; 30 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; Ksat of 1 um/s; moderately slow permeability; low excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 20 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4030; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 439084; continuous - phpvsfiid 439084
    Bt3—63 to 94 centimeters (24.8 to 37.0 inches);, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) exterior, moist; clay loam; 40 percent sand; 27 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 1 um/s; moderate 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; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4031; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 439085; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 439085
    Bt4—94 to 120 centimeters (37.0 to 47.2 inches);, strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) exterior, moist; sandy clay loam; 75 percent sand; 20 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 20 um/s; moderately rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 10 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4032; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 439086; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 439086
    Bt5—120 to 160 centimeters (47.2 to 63.0 inches);, strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) exterior, moist; sandy clay loam; 70 percent sand; 24 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 10 um/s; moderate permeability; low excavation difficulty; 1.0 fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 10 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4033; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 439087; continuous - phpvsfiid 439087
    Bt6—160 to 203 centimeters (63.0 to 79.9 inches);, strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) exterior, moist; sandy clay loam; 75 percent sand; 21 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 20 um/s; moderately rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 5 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS4034; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 439088; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 439088