IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): New Cambria
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 10KS157505
  • User Pedon ID: 10KS157505
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 07410KS157-2366-001
  • Transect Stop Number - 6
  • Transect Interval - 101.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 10KS157505
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40925
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • 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: 39.8833542
  • Std. Longitude: -97.9270325
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2
  • Range: 5
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4
  • 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-H8—Scandia NW, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Gary Parks
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Cumulic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - New Cambria
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Cumulic Haplustolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/9/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 58 percent of control section clay


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: rare flooding for very brief periods
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/9/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 16
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    secondary carbonates

    gypsum accumulations

    0—86

    46—

    86—

    —86—

    —-

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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

    —

    —

    143

    —

    45

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    Ap—0 to 14 centimeters (0.0 to 5.5 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, moist; silty clay; 1 percent sand; 45 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4688; slightly moist when described; observed in push tube
    Bw—14 to 46 centimeters (5.5 to 18.1 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, moist; silty clay; 1 percent sand; 45 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4689; slightly moist when described; observed in push tube
    Bk1—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches);, black (10YR 2/1) exterior, moist; silty clay; 1 percent sand; 60 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout; 3 percent fine distinct irregular strongly coherent cemented carbonate nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4690; slightly moist when described; observed in push tube
    Bk2—66 to 86 centimeters (26.0 to 33.9 inches);, black (10YR 2/1) exterior, moist; silty clay; 1 percent sand; 65 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout; 1 percent fine distinct irregular strongly coherent cemented carbonate nodules with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4691; slightly moist when described; observed in push tube
    2Bky1—86 to 119 centimeters (33.9 to 46.9 inches);, dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) exterior, moist; silty clay; 1 percent sand; 60 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent fine distinct irregular strongly coherent cemented gypsum crystals, unspecified with sharp boundaries in matrix and 2 percent fine distinct irregular strongly coherent cemented gypsum crystals, unspecified with sharp boundaries in matrix and 1 percent fine distinct irregular strongly coherent cemented carbonate nodules with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4692; slightly moist when described; observed in push tube
    2Bky2—119 to 145 centimeters (46.9 to 57.1 inches);, dark gray (10YR 4/1) exterior, moist; silty clay; 1 percent sand; 50 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine distinct irregular strongly coherent cemented carbonate nodules with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium distinct irregular strongly coherent cemented gypsum crystals, unspecified with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4693; slightly moist when described; observed in push tube
    2By1—145 to 183 centimeters (57.1 to 72.0 inches);, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior, moist; silty clay; 1 percent sand; 45 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 2 percent fine distinct irregular strongly coherent cemented gypsum crystals, unspecified with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4694; slightly moist when described; observed in push tube
    2By2—183 to 209 centimeters (72.0 to 82.3 inches);, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior, moist; silty clay; 1 percent sand; 42 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1 percent fine distinct irregular strongly coherent cemented gypsum crystals, unspecified with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS4695; slightly moist when described; observed in push tube