IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fiat
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 84KS049010
  • User Pedon ID: 84KS049010
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 84KS049010
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40956
  • Print Date: 2/3/2025

    • 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: 37.4799309
  • Std. Longitude: -96.1726456
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 29 S
  • Range: 11 E
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 2250 feet east and 1800 feet north of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: Elk County, Kansas; about 4.5 miles east of Howard.
  • Map Unit: Fe—FIAT SILTY CLAY LOAM, 1 TO 3 PERCENT SLOPES4640—Fiat silty clay loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS049—Elk
  • MLRA: 76—Bluestem Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS049—Elk County, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Fortner, E. Bell, and P. Kutnink
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Vertic Argiaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fiat
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, thermic Vertic Argiaquolls
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from limestone and shale
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Bedrock: strongly coherent limestone, unspecified at 76cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/1/1984 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    argillic horizon

    mollic epipedon

    lithic contact

    —76

    0—60

    76—

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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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    321

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    A—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) exterior, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior, dry; silty clay loam; strong fine granular structure; hard, firm; 6.0 fine roots; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4812
    Bt1—28 to 60 centimeters (11.0 to 23.6 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior, dark gray (10YR 4/1) exterior, dry; silty clay; strong fine subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4813
    Bt2—60 to 76 centimeters (23.6 to 29.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior, dry; silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 1.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4814
    R—76 to 200 centimeters (29.9 to 78.7 inches); fragments. hard limestone