IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tivin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 09KS1571042
  • User Pedon ID: 09KS1571042
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 09KS1571042
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40903
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 39.8223839
  • Std. Longitude: -97.8196411
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3 S.
  • Range: 4 W.
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4 of the corner
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS157—Republic
  • MLRA: 74—Central Kansas Sandstone Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS157—Republic County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39097-G7—Scandia, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Anderson & J. Gienger
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Typic Ustipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tivin
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Typic Ustipsamments
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/19/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 2 percent of Control Section Clay and 94 percent of Control Section Sand


    • SITE

  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: dune on flood plain
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/19/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 32
  • 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 -
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    0—12

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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

    11

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    451

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    215

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    A—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) loamy fine sand; 85 percent sand; 6 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4533; observed in auger, bucket
    C1—12 to 66 centimeters (4.7 to 26.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) sand; 95 percent sand; 1 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4534; observed in auger, bucket
    C2—66 to 90 centimeters (26.0 to 35.4 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) sand; 95 percent sand; 1 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4535; observed in auger, bucket
    C3—90 to 200 centimeters (35.4 to 78.7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) sand; 95 percent sand; 1 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4536; observed in auger, bucket. At 186 cm there might be a slight color change and a few redox.
    C4—200 to 227 centimeters (78.7 to 89.4 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) sand; 95 percent sand; 1 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4537; observed in auger, bucket