IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sherdahl
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 09KS1571047
  • User Pedon ID: 09KS1571047
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 09KS1571047
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40906
  • 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: 39.7506065
  • Std. Longitude: -97.7816925
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3 S.
  • Range: 4 W.
  • Section: 33
  • 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-F7—Kackley, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Gienger
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, mesic Fluventic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sherdahl
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed, mesic Fluventic Haplustolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/21/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 63 cm of Top effervescence and 104 cm of Bottom effervescence and 150 cm of Top effervescence and 20 percent of Control Section Clay and 27 percent of Control Section Sand


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-silty alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: rare flooding for very brief periods
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/21/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 41
  • 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

    lithologic discontinuity

    secondary carbonates

    redox concentrations

    0—29

    84—

    84—

    150—

    —29—

    —-

    —-

    —-
    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

    —

    —

    435

    —

    360

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silt loam; 32 percent sand; 8 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4550; moist when described; observed in push tube
    A—18 to 29 centimeters (7.1 to 11.4 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silt loam; 29 percent sand; 10 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4551; moist when described; observed in push tube
    C1—29 to 63 centimeters (11.4 to 24.8 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 28 percent sand; 6 percent clay; structureless massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4552; moist when described; observed in push tube
    C2—63 to 84 centimeters (24.8 to 33.1 inches);, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, moist; silt loam; 32 percent sand; 6 percent clay; structureless massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 2.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4553; dry when described; observed in push tube
    2Ab—84 to 104 centimeters (33.1 to 40.9 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 13 percent sand; 29 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4554; dry when described; observed in push tube
    2Bkb1—104 to 120 centimeters (40.9 to 47.2 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 14 percent sand; 30 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine distinct threadlike very weakly coherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, carbonate masses on surfaces along root channels; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4555; dry when described; observed in auger, bucket
    2Bkb2—120 to 150 centimeters (47.2 to 59.1 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 16 percent sand; 32 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 4 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, carbonate coats on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine prominent threadlike very weakly coherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, carbonate nodules on surfaces along root channels; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4556; dry when described; observed in auger, bucket. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 469307; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 469307
    2Bkb3—150 to 164 centimeters (59.1 to 64.6 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 14 percent sand; 22 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 1 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 2 percent fine prominent threadlike very weakly coherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, carbonate masses on surfaces along root channels; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4557; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    2Bkb4—164 to 200 centimeters (64.6 to 78.7 inches);, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 14 percent sand; 12 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 1 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 1 percent fine faint irregular very weakly coherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, carbonate masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # KSUSS4558; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket