IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Harney
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1968KS051008
  • User Pedon ID: 68KS051008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1840
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35998
  • 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: 38.9722214
  • Std. Longitude: -99.3011093
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12S
  • Range: 18W
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 1000 feet W and 150 feet S of the NE corner
  • Location Description: Ellis County, KS.
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS051—Ellis

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. F. Harner, C. W. McBee
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Typic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Harney
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Typic Argiustolls
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1968
  • 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: 6/1/1968 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    137

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    26

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    1Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, moist; silt loam; weak granular structure; soft, friable; 5.5 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14657. 355; many fine roots
    1A12—10 to 15 centimeters (3.9 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, moist; silt loam; weak fine platy, and weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14658. 356; few worm casts concentrations; many fine roots
    1A3—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; silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14659. 357; few worm casts concentrations; few fine roots
    1B21t—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14660. 358; few fine roots
    1B22t—48 to 76 centimeters (18.9 to 29.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; silty clay; moderate fine and medium blocky structure; very hard, firm; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14661. 359; shiny surfaces on faces of peds.
    1B3ca—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium blocky structure; hard, friable; 30 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14662. 360; many carbonate concretions concentrations
    1C1ca—102 to 122 centimeters (40.2 to 48.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 30 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14663. 361; many carbonate concretions concentrations
    1C2ca—122 to 150 centimeters (48.0 to 59.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable; 30 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14664. 362; many carbonate concretions concentrations
    1C3ca—150 to 188 centimeters (59.1 to 74.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, moist; silt loam; structureless massive; slightly hard, friable; 11 percent carbonate concretions; fragments. Lab sample # 40A14665. 363; thin films of lime.; common carbonate concretions concentrations