IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Attica
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976KS185001
  • User Pedon ID: 76KS185001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1819
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35977
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: Stafford County, KS.
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS185—Stafford

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R.L. Haberman, C.S. Holzhey, M. Mausbach, D. 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
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1976
  • 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: 6/1/1976 (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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    13

    27

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    1Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 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, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14497. 76P0066; common fine roots
    1B21t—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium and coarse blocky structure; slightly hard, firm; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14498. 76P0067; common fine roots
    1B22t—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 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 # 40A14499. 76P0068; common fine roots
    1B3—43 to 66 centimeters (16.9 to 26.0 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, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14500. 76P0069; common fine roots
    1C1—66 to 104 centimeters (26.0 to 40.9 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, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14501. 76P0070; few fine roots
    1C2—104 to 107 centimeters (40.9 to 42.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; fine sand; structureless single grain; loose; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14502. 76P0071; few fine roots
    1C3—107 to 173 centimeters (42.1 to 68.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; structureless massive; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14503. 76P0072; three strata 3 cm wide, spaced about 30 cm apart of loamy fine sand; few fine roots
    1C4—173 to 201 centimeters (68.1 to 79.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A14504. 76P0073