IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Harney
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985KS057009
  • User Pedon ID: 85KS057009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0037
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57292
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • 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: 37.8455544
  • Std. Longitude: -100.0477753
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25S
  • Range: 25W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 1950 feet north and 215 feet east of the SW corner
  • Location Description: R25E recorded on description changed to R25W
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS057—Ford
  • MLRA: 73—Rolling Plains and Breaks

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. R. Jantz and F. H. Frees
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Harney
  • PSC - 15 to 46 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Harney
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Typic Argiustoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1985 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—46

    15—46

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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

    3

    —

    —

    780

    —

    90

    51

    —

    —

    13

    25

    0

    14

    25

    2

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    —

    —

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    1Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 32 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; hard, friable; 5.5 very fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P00183. many very fine roots throughout
    1Btk—15 to 46 centimeters (5.9 to 18.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 37 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 2.5 very fine roots between peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P00184. common very fine roots between peds; effervescence is continuous
    1Bk—46 to 79 centimeters (18.1 to 31.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 33 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct very pale brown (10YR 8/3) carbonate coats on all faces of peds; 11 percent medium irregular carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P00185. common medium soft masses of carbonate concentrations; common lime or carbonate coats surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; patchy - phpvsfiid 219626; patchy - phpvsfiid 219626
    1Ck1—79 to 114 centimeters (31.1 to 44.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 24 percent clay; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct very pale brown (10YR 8/3) carbonate coats throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P00186. few lime or carbonate coats surface features throughout; effervescence is continuous; patchy - phpvsfiid 219627; patchy - phpvsfiid 219627
    1Ck2—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 25 percent clay; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct very pale brown (10YR 8/3) carbonate coats throughout; fragments. few lime or carbonate coats surface features throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 219628; patchy - phpvsfiid 219628