IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Harney
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1968KS051014
  • User Pedon ID: 68KS051014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1874
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36032
  • 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: 38.8702774
  • Std. Longitude: -99.3894424
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14S
  • Range: 19W
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 700 feet E and 200 feet S of the NW corner
  • Location Description: Ellis County, KS.
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS051—Ellis

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J.M. Allen, R.K. Glover
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Typic Argiustolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 14
  • 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: convex
  • 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 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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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    58

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    12

    26

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    1A1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, moist; silt loam; moderate medium granular, and strong fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14946. 424; strong fine granular structure occurs in the 2 to 4 cm zone.; many fine roots
    1B1—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14947. 425.; few worm casts concentrations; many fine roots
    1B21t—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14948. 426.; common fine roots
    1B22t—33 to 63 centimeters (13.0 to 24.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14949. 427.; common fine roots
    1B3ca—63 to 86 centimeters (24.8 to 33.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium blocky structure; very hard, friable; 2.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14950. 428; segregated lime in thin films on faces of peds.; common fine roots; few coarse roots
    1C1ca—86 to 107 centimeters (33.9 to 42.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 fine to coarse roots; fragments; violent effervescence; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14951. 429; common thin films of segregated lime.; few fine to coarse roots
    1C2ca—107 to 122 centimeters (42.1 to 48.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; soft, very friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A14952. 430; very porous; few thin films of segregated lime.; few fine roots
    1C3ca—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A14953. 431; continuation of above horizon.