IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vona
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 08KS175106
  • User Pedon ID: 08KS175106
  • User Site Association ID: mlra72-DalhartKansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 7208KS175-5218-1
  • Transect Stop Number - 6
  • Transect Interval - 313.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 08KS175106
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40886
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 37.3636436
  • Std. Longitude: -100.9446869
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 31s
  • Range: 33w
  • Section: 7
  • Location Description: 514 meters north and 268 meters west of the southeast corner
  • Map Unit: 5218—Dalhart fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS175—Seward
  • MLRA: 72—Central High Tableland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS175—Seward County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37100-C8—Sublette SW, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Tom Cochran
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Haplustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: family
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Vona
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Haplustalfs
  • PSC - 12 to 30 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/18/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian deposits
  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/18/2008 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 2
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    lithologic discontinuity

    lithologic discontinuity

    lithologic discontinuity

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—12

    12—30

    30—230

    83—

    104—

    169—

    214—

    —12—

    —18—

    —200—

    —-

    —-

    —-

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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

    —

    —

    890.9

    —

    210

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    A—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, moist; loamy fine sand; 12 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4225; observed in push tube
    Bt—12 to 30 centimeters (4.7 to 11.8 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face, moist; fine sandy loam; 18 percent clay; moderate fine prismatic structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine low-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4226; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 400653; patchy - phpvsfiid 400653
    Bk1—30 to 83 centimeters (11.8 to 32.7 inches);, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, moist; fine sandy loam; 16 percent clay; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 3 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses in matrix and 4 percent fine irregular carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in push tube
    2Bk2—83 to 104 centimeters (32.7 to 40.9 inches);, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face, moist; loam; 16 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 10 percent fine irregular carbonate masses in matrix and 10 percent fine spherical carbonate nodules in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in push tube
    3Bk3—104 to 169 centimeters (40.9 to 66.5 inches);, strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face, moist; loam; 18 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 4 percent medium irregular carbonate masses in matrix and 4 percent medium spherical carbonate nodules in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in push tube
    4Bk4—169 to 214 centimeters (66.5 to 84.3 inches);, strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) broken face, moist; fine sandy loam; 15 percent clay; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 4 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses in matrix and 4 percent fine irregular carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in push tube
    5Bk5—214 to 230 centimeters (84.3 to 90.6 inches);, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face, moist; fine sandy loam; 15 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 10 percent medium irregular carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n.; observed in push tube