IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ost
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985KS155004
  • User Pedon ID: 85KS155004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0792
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57058
  • 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: 37.8697205
  • Std. Longitude: -98.2016678
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25S
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 1650 feet W and 320 feet N of SE corner
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS155—Reno
  • MLRA: 79—Great Bend Sand Plains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Rod Harner and Jim Fortner
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ost
  • PSC - 14 to 47 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ost
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Argiustoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • 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

    salic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—19

    14—47

    47—97

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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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    1Ap—0 to 19 centimeters (0.0 to 7.5 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; loam; weak fine granular structure; hard, friable; 2.5 fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 85P04226. common fine roots throughout
    1Bt1—19 to 30 centimeters (7.5 to 11.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior and dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior and brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 85P04227. few fine roots throughout
    1Bt2—30 to 47 centimeters (11.8 to 18.5 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) interior, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, moist; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2 percent faint skeletans over cutans on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 85P04228. Few worm casts filled with material above.; very few skeletans over cutans surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 219300; patchy - phpvsfiid 219300
    1Bk—47 to 60 centimeters (18.5 to 23.6 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior, moist; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 11 percent coarse irregular carbonate masses and 11 percent coarse irregular carbonate concretions; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 85P04229. common coarse soft masses of carbonate concentrations; common coarse carbonate concretions concentrations; few fine roots throughout
    1BCk—60 to 97 centimeters (23.6 to 38.2 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, moist; loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 15 percent faint pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) coats on faces of peds; 30 percent coarse irregular carbonate masses and 30 percent coarse irregular carbonate concretions; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 85P04230. many coarse soft masses of carbonate concentrations; many coarse carbonate concretions concentrations; few coats surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 219301; continuous - phpvsfiid 219301
    1C—97 to 135 centimeters (38.2 to 53.1 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4) interior and light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) interior, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior and reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior, moist; loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine prominent mottles; hard, firm; 11 percent coarse irregular carbonate masses and 1 percent medium irregular carbonate masses; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 85P04231. common coarse soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few medium soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few fine prominent 2.5Y62 mottles
    2C—135 to 165 centimeters (53.1 to 65.0 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) interior, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; 1 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2) fine distinct and 11 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) prominent mottles; hard, friable; 11 percent coarse irregular carbonate masses and 11 percent coarse irregular carbonate concretions; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 85P04232. Top 5 cm is sandy loam.; common coarse soft masses of carbonate concentrations; common coarse carbonate concretions concentrations; common prominent 5YR44 mottles; few fine distinct 5Y62 mottles