IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Huscher
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
09KS1571043
User Pedon ID:
09KS1571043
User Site Association ID:
Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
KSU
Lab Pedon # -
09KS1571043
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
40904
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:
39.9554825
Std. Longitude:
-97.8591690
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
1 S.
Range:
5 W.
Section:
22
PLSS Details:
NE 1/4 of the corner
Map Unit:
Mr—MUIR SILT LOAM, 0 TO 1 PERCENT SLOPES3775—Muir silt loam, rarely flooded
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-H7—Republic, Kansas
PEDON
Describers Name:
J. Anderson & J. Gienger
Current Taxonomic Class:
Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Oxyaquic Haplustolls
Current Taxon Kind:
taxadjunct
Pedon Type:
map unit inclusion
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Huscher
Taxonomic Class -
Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Oxyaquic Haplustolls
PSC -
25 to 100 cm.
Classificaton Date -
8/20/2009
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
tenth edition
Moisture Class -
ustic
Moisture SUBClass -
ustic
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
Field Measured Properties:
34 cm of Top effervescence and 83 cm of Bottom effervescence
SITE
Landscape:
river valley
Landform:
flood plain
Slope Complexity:
simple
Slope Shape Across:
convex
Slope Shape Down:
convex
Runoff:
low
Drainage Class:
well
Flooding:
occasional flooding for brief periods
Ponding:
none ponding
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
8/20/2009 (actual site observation date)
Air Photo ID:
9
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 -
Current Weather -
sunny
Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
mollic epipedon
redox concentrations
0—34
21—
—34—
—-
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
0.5
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459
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350
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Ap—0 to 21 centimeters (0.0 to 8.3 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; fine sandy loam; 80 percent sand; 14 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4538; moist when described; observed in push tube
A—21 to 34 centimeters (8.3 to 13.4 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; 35 percent sand; 18 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4539; moist when described; observed in push tube
C—34 to 69 centimeters (13.4 to 27.2 inches);, grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; very fine sandy loam; 50 percent sand; 16 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4540; moist when described; observed in push tube
Ab—69 to 83 centimeters (27.2 to 32.7 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loam; 40 percent sand; 18 percent clay; structureless medium single grain; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 4 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4541; moist when described; observed in push tube
C'1—83 to 112 centimeters (32.7 to 44.1 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; 60 percent sand; 14 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4542; moist when described; observed in push tube
C'2—112 to 149 centimeters (44.1 to 58.7 inches);, grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; fine sandy loam; 75 percent sand; 12 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 8 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron at top of horizon; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4543; moist when described; observed in push tube. Strata at 117-120 cm (sil), 140-149 cm (sil), and 138-140 cm (sand lense). (Bedding planes); The redox features in this horizon are located just above the sand lense.; This horizon has visible bedding planes/strata.
2C'3—149 to 165 centimeters (58.7 to 65.0 inches);, pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; coarse sand; 95 percent sand; 1 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 2-?-4 millimeter quartzite fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # KSUSS4544; wet when described; observed in push tube