IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hastings
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1953KS029002
  • User Pedon ID: 53KS029002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1843
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36001
  • Print Date: 4/24/2025

    • 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: 39.6216660
  • Std. Longitude: -97.6572189
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5S
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 2040 feet W and 1000 feet S of the NE corner
  • Location Description: Cloud County, KS.
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS029—Cloud

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W.M. Johnson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hastings
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1953
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1953 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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
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    1Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, moist; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, friable; 5.5 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14683. 2054; many fine roots
    1A12—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, moist; silt loam; weak medium platy, and weak fine granular structure; soft, friable; 5.5 fine roots; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14684. 2055; weak medium platy structure in the upper 2.5 cm and weak fine granular structure below.; few worm casts concentrations; many fine roots
    1B1—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate fine granular structure; soft, friable; 2.5 fine roots; 30 percent worm casts; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14685. 2056; many worm casts concentrations; common fine roots
    1B21t—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate very fine blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; prominent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14686. 2057; few worm casts concentrations; few fine roots
    1B22t—58 to 89 centimeters (22.8 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; strong medium prismatic, and moderate very fine and fine blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; prominent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14687. 2058; few worm casts concentrations; few fine roots
    1B31—89 to 109 centimeters (35.0 to 42.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and strong fine and medium blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; prominent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14688. 2059; few krotovinas.; few worm casts concentrations; few fine roots
    1B32—109 to 142 centimeters (42.9 to 55.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A14689. 2060; few krotovinas.; few fine roots
    1B33—142 to 155 centimeters (55.9 to 61.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A14690. 2061; few fine and medium CaCO3 concretions; porous; few fine roots