IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Huscher
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 09KS1571052
  • User Pedon ID: 09KS1571052
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 09KS1571052
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40910
  • 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: 39.7800064
  • Std. Longitude: -97.7875290
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3 S.
  • Range: 4 W,
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: NE 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: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Fluventic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Huscher
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Fluventic Haplustolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/25/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 26 cm of Top effervescence and 179 cm of Top effervescence and 124 cm of Bottom effervescence and 106 cm of Depth to sand and 11 percent of Control Section Clay and 35 percent of Control Section Sand


    • 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: 8/25/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 40
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
  • Current Weather - partly cloudy
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    0—43

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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

    0.5

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    440

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    Ap1—0 to 26 centimeters (0.0 to 10.2 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; very fine sandy loam; 60 percent sand; 16 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4583; dry when described; observed in push tube
    Ap2—26 to 43 centimeters (10.2 to 16.9 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; very fine sandy loam; 60 percent sand; 16 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4584; dry when described; observed in push tube
    C1—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 12 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4585; dry when described; observed in push tube
    C2—56 to 106 centimeters (22.0 to 41.7 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; 55 percent sand; 16 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4586; dry when described; observed in push tube
    C3—106 to 124 centimeters (41.7 to 48.8 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3), moist; sand; 95 percent sand; 2 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4587; dry when described; observed in push tube
    C4—124 to 144 centimeters (48.8 to 56.7 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loamy fine sand; 80 percent sand; 8 percent clay; single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4588; moist when described; observed in push tube
    C5—144 to 179 centimeters (56.7 to 70.5 inches);, pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; stratified stratified sand to loamy fine sand; 96 percent sand; 1 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4589; moist when described; observed in push tube. Lfs strata with 10YR 5/3 colors between 152-162 cm.
    C6—179 to 200 centimeters (70.5 to 78.7 inches);, grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; fine sandy loam; 75 percent sand; 12 percent clay; massive; soft, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # KSUSS4590; moist when described; observed in push tube. This horizon has bedding planes. There are sands at the very bottom.