IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hepler
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1969KS037008
  • User Pedon ID: 69KS037008
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 69KS037008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40933
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 37.5021583
  • Std. Longitude: -94.9032139
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 29S
  • Range: 23E
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 800 feet east and 900 feet north of the southwest corner
  • Map Unit: He—HEPLER SILT LOAM, OCCASIONALLY FLOODED
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS037—Crawford
  • MLRA: 112—Cherokee Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS037—Crawford County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37094-E8—Brazilton, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Donald E. Rott
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hepler
  • PSC - 56 to 89 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    R112XY046MO Wet Terrace Prairie

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1969 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior, dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4771
    A21—20 to 45 centimeters (7.9 to 17.7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) exterior, dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 1 percent fine N 2.5/1 (N 2.5/1), moist, iron-manganese masses and 5 percent medium faint gray (10YR 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 5 percent medium faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4772
    A22—45 to 56 centimeters (17.7 to 22.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) exterior, dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 1 percent fine faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4773. few shiny ped surfaces
    B2t—56 to 89 centimeters (22.0 to 35.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior, dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 1 percent medium faint gray (10YR 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 5 percent fine faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4774
    B3—89 to 130 centimeters (35.0 to 51.2 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) exterior, gray (10YR 5/1) exterior, dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 1 percent fine N 2.5/1 (N 2.5/1), moist, iron-manganese masses and 5 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4775
    C—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) exterior silty clay loam; massive; very hard, very firm; 15 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS4776