IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sherdahl

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: 10KS157001

User Pedon ID: 10KS157001

User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - KSU

Lab Pedon # - 10KS157001

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40923

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: 39.6820831

Std. Longitude: -97.7731094

Datum: WGS84

Township: 4 S.

Range: 4 W.

Section: 28

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. Anderson, J. Gienger, and D. Wood

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Fluventic Haplustolls

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: OSD pedon

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Sherdahl

Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Fluventic Haplustolls

PSC - 25 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 10/16/2009

Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition

Moisture Class - ustic

Moisture SUBClass - udic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: fine-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: 10/16/2009 (actual site observation date)

Air Photo ID: 56

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

Current Weather - sunny

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
mollic epipedon lithologic discontinuity secondary carbonates argillic horizon	0—29 68— 68— 105—139	—- —- —- —-

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	—	—	432	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Ap—0 to 29 centimeters (0.0 to 11.4 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; very fine sandy loam; 78 percent sand; 14 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4595; moist when described; observed in push tube

Bw—29 to 46 centimeters (11.4 to 18.1 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; 35 percent sand; 17 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4596

C—46 to 68 centimeters (18.1 to 26.8 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; 60 percent sand; 17 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 3 percent fine distinct irregular masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4597. very slight effervesence at the bottom.

2Bkb—68 to 105 centimeters (26.8 to 41.3 inches);, black (10YR 2/1), moist; silty clay loam; 8 percent sand; 31 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 8 percent fine distinct threadlike carbonate masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4598

2Btkb1—105 to 139 centimeters (41.3 to 54.7 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silty clay loam; 15 percent sand; 36 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 30 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 4 percent fine distinct threadlike carbonate masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4599. continuous - phpvsfiid 472265; continuous - phpvsfiid 472265

2Btkb2—139 to 157 centimeters (54.7 to 61.8 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; 35 percent sand; 15 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 20 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine distinct irregular masses of oxidized iron throughout; 2 percent fine distinct threadlike carbonate masses throughout; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4600. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 472266; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 472266

2B'kb—157 to 190 centimeters (61.8 to 74.8 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; 20 percent sand; 14 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 4 percent fine distinct irregular masses of oxidized iron throughout; 4 percent fine distinct irregular carbonate masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # KSUSS4601