IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vona
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 08KS187151
  • User Pedon ID: 08KS187151
  • User Site Association ID: mlra72-DalhartKansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 7208KS187-5218-6
  • Transect Stop Number - 1
  • Transect Interval - 214.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 08KS187151
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40891
  • 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: 37.5007477
  • Std. Longitude: -101.6089325
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 29s
  • Range: 39w
  • Section: 29
  • Location Description: 414 meters south and 714 meters east of the northwest corner
  • Map Unit: 5218—Dalhart fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS187—Stanton
  • MLRA: 72—Central High Tableland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS187—Stanton County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37101-E5—Big Bow, 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 - 16 to 35 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/16/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian deposits over loess
  • 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: 4/16/2008 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 41
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop 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

    0—16

    16—35

    35—230

    35—

    103—

    —16—

    —19—

    —195—

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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

    2

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    979

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    50

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    Ap—0 to 16 centimeters (0.0 to 6.3 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face, moist; fine sandy loam; 13 percent clay; weak coarse granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4229; observed in push tube. This pedon had unmistakeable mollic color to 13 cm. With mixing to 18 cm, I decided this pedon would make mollic criteria.
    Bt—16 to 35 centimeters (6.3 to 13.8 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, moist; loam; 19 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, very plastic; moderate permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4230; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 402286; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 402286
    2Bk1—35 to 103 centimeters (13.8 to 40.6 inches);, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, moist; silt loam; 18 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent fine irregular carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in push tube
    3Bk2—103 to 185 centimeters (40.6 to 72.8 inches);, strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) broken face, moist; silt loam; 22 percent clay; weak fine prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; 1.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 3 percent fine irregular carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in push tube
    3Bk3—185 to 230 centimeters (72.8 to 90.6 inches);, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) broken face, moist; silt loam; 25 percent clay; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; 2.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 4 percent fine spherical carbonate nodules in matrix and 8 percent medium irregular carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n.; observed in push tube