IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cass
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 10KS1575115
  • User Pedon ID: 10KS1575115
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 10KS1575115
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40926
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 39.9613266
  • Std. Longitude: -97.8667068
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1
  • Range: 5
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: SW1/4
  • 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-H7—Republic, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Wood
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Fluventic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cass
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Fluventic Haplustolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/23/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 10 percent of control section clay and 160 cm of depth to sand and 49 cm of top effervescence and 160 cm of bottom effervescence


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for brief periods
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/23/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 1
  • 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    redox concentrations

    0—49

    148—160

    —49—

    —12—
    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

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    459

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    100

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    Ap—0 to 26 centimeters (0.0 to 10.2 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; sandy loam; 75 percent sand; 14 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 4.0 coarse roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine dendritic tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4682; moist when described; observed in push tube
    A—26 to 49 centimeters (10.2 to 19.3 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 16 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 fine roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine dendritic tubular pores; 2 percent and 5 percent ; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4683; moist when described; observed in push tube
    C1—49 to 65 centimeters (19.3 to 25.6 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 13 percent clay; structureless massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine dendritic tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4684; moist when described; observed in push tube
    C2—65 to 148 centimeters (25.6 to 58.3 inches);, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, moist; loamy fine sand; 80 percent sand; 5 percent clay; structureless massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine dendritic tubular pores; 2 percent fine cylindrical manganese masses with clear boundaries throughout and 5 percent medium irregular masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4685; moist when described; observed in push tube. This horizon contained a thin layer of sand at the bottom of this horizon. 1 % clay and 98% sand.
    2C'3—148 to 160 centimeters (58.3 to 63.0 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; silt loam; 25 percent sand; 23 percent clay; structureless massive; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent medium irregular masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4686; moist when described; observed in push tube
    3C'4—160 to 220 centimeters (63.0 to 86.6 inches);, light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, moist; coarse sand; 98 percent sand; 1 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 4 percent by volume subrounded 2-4-5 millimeter quartz fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # KSUSS4687; moist when described; observed in push tube