IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Zenda
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984KS033004
  • User Pedon ID: 84KS033004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1984KS033004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0698
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 54942
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 37.2075539
  • Std. Longitude: -99.4392700
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32S
  • Range: 20W
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 850 feet west and 160 feet north of the southeast corner
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS033—Comanche
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS033—Comanche County, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bruce R. Hoffman
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Zenda
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/6/1984
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/6/1984 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PASM

    SPAI

    Pascopyrum smithii

    Sporobolus airoides

    western wheatgrass

    alkali sacaton

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    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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    559

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    13.3

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; clay loam; moderate coarse granular structure; hard, firm; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P03859
    C1—20 to 46 centimeters (7.9 to 18.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P03860
    C2—46 to 119 centimeters (18.1 to 46.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; clay loam; 3 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; massive; very hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent fine dark concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P03861
    C3—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; clay loam; 3 percent reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) medium distinct mottles; massive; very hard, firm; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 84P03862