IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pond Creek
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976KS077002
  • User Pedon ID: 76KS077002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1821
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35979
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 37.1097221
  • Std. Longitude: -97.8799973
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 34S
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 1500 feet W and 60 feet S of the NE corner
  • Location Description: Harper County, KS.
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS077—Harper

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C.S. Holzhey, M.J. Mausbach, R.L. Haberman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, thermic Pachic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pond Creek
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, thermic Pachic Argiustolls
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • 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
    • 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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    71

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    14

    27

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    1Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) interior, moist; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14512. 76P0106; many fine roots
    1B1—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14513. 76P0107; common fine roots
    1B21t—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; weak medium blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14514. 76P0108; common fine roots
    1B22t—51 to 74 centimeters (20.1 to 29.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14515. 76P0109; few fine roots
    1B23t—74 to 102 centimeters (29.1 to 40.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate coarse blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14516. 76P0110; few fine roots
    1C1—102 to 130 centimeters (40.2 to 51.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior, moist; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 1 percent carbonate masses and 1 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14517. 76P0111; few soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few carbonate concretions concentrations
    1C2—130 to 168 centimeters (51.2 to 66.1 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6) interior, dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior, moist; silty clay loam; structureless massive; hard, firm; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14518. 76P0112; few coarse sand grains; few to common insect holes 5 mm in diameter; evidence of krotovinas.; few fine carbonate concretions concentrations
    1C3—168 to 201 centimeters (66.1 to 79.1 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6) interior, dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior, moist; silty clay loam; structureless massive; slightly hard, friable; 11 percent worm casts; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14519. 76P0113; few coarse sand grains; common insect holes 5 mm in diameter; evidence of krotovinas; few films of CaCO3.; common worm casts concentrations
    1C4—201 to 244 centimeters (79.1 to 96.1 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6) interior, red (2.5YR 4/6) interior, moist; silty clay loam; structureless massive; slightly hard, friable; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A14520. 76P0114; few coarse sand grains; evidence of krotovinas; few films of CaCO3.; few worm casts concentrations