IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clark
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976KS155002
  • User Pedon ID: 76KS155002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1820
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35978
  • 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: 37.8061104
  • Std. Longitude: -98.1372223
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26S
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 100 feet N and 150 feet W of the SE corner
  • Location Description: Reno County, KS.
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS155—Reno

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C.S. Holzhey, M.J. Mausbach, R.L. Haberman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Calciustolls
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Clark
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Calciustolls
  • 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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    74

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    13

    27

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    1Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, moist; loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A14505. 76P0074; common fine roots
    1B2—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A14506. 76P0075; few fine carbonate concretions concentrations; few fine roots
    1Cca1—41 to 71 centimeters (16.1 to 28.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; loam; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 11 percent fine and medium carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A14507. 76P0076; 35% CaCO3 concretions about 5 cm in diameter and 1 1/2 cm wide.; common fine and medium carbonate concretions concentrations
    1Cca2—71 to 114 centimeters (28.0 to 44.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, moist; loam; weak medium granular structure; hard, friable; 30 percent carbonate masses; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A14508. 76P0077; 40A14509; white bodies of CaCO3 about 20-61 cm apart, ranging from 8-30 cm in diameter and extending 33-51cm vertically comprise about 25% of the horizon.; many soft masses of carbonate concentrations
    1C3—114 to 165 centimeters (44.9 to 65.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/4) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior, moist; sandy loam; structureless massive; hard, friable; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A14510. 76P0079; about 50% of the faces of peds are coated with CaCO3.
    1C4—165 to 185 centimeters (65.0 to 72.8 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) interior, strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior, moist; loam; structureless massive; hard, friable; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A14511. 76P0080; about 20% of the faces of peds are coated with CaCO3.