IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Attica
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 74KS185001
  • User Pedon ID: 74KS185001
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 74KS185001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40951
  • 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: 37.9994431
  • Std. Longitude: -98.9402771
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24S
  • Range: 15W
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 2490 feet E and 300 feet S of the NW corner
  • Location Description: About 2 miles east and 3 miles north of Macksville, KS.
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS185—Stafford
  • MLRA: 79—Great Bend Sand Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS185—Stafford County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37098-H8—Macksville, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. A. Dodge
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, thermic Udic Haplustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Attica
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, thermic Udic Haplustalfs
  • PSC - 25 to 53 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: dune on paleoterrace
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1976 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—25

    25—53

    —25—

    —28—
    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

    2

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    611

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    64

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    13

    27

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4438, 40A14497
    Bt—25 to 53 centimeters (9.8 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior and brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 fine roots; clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4439, 40A14499
    BC—53 to 99 centimeters (20.9 to 39.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; structureless massive; soft, very friable; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4440, 40A14500
    C—99 to 150 centimeters (39.0 to 59.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; structureless massive; soft, very friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # KSUSS4441, 40A14501