IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pratt
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987KS047001
  • User Pedon ID: 87KS047001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0660
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59955
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 37.8925018
  • Std. Longitude: -99.3538895
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25S
  • Range: 19W
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 1150 feet west and 700 feet north of the southeast corner
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS047—Edwards
  • MLRA: 79—Great Bend Sand Plains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. E. Watts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pratt
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed Psammentic Haplustalfs
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • 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: concave
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1987 (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

    0—15

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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

    6

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    672

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    90

    63

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    1A1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; loamy fine sand; weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03468. many fine roots throughout
    1A2—15 to 42 centimeters (5.9 to 16.5 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; loamy fine sand; massive; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03469. many fine roots throughout
    1C—42 to 92 centimeters (16.5 to 36.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, moist; loamy fine sand; massive; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03470. many fine roots throughout
    1Ab—92 to 105 centimeters (36.2 to 41.3 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; loamy fine sand; massive; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03471. many fine roots throughout
    1C1—105 to 117 centimeters (41.3 to 46.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, moist; loamy fine sand; massive; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03472. Have 1 lamealla lens 1 cm thick.; many fine roots throughout
    1C2—117 to 145 centimeters (46.1 to 57.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, moist; fine sand; massive; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03473. Have 2 lamaella len 1 cm thick.; many fine roots throughout
    1C3—145 to 154 centimeters (57.1 to 60.6 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, moist; sand; single grain; loose, very friable; 2.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03474. common fine roots throughout
    1C4—154 to 183 centimeters (60.6 to 72.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, moist; fine sand; massive; hard, very friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03475. few fine roots throughout
    1C5—183 to 222 centimeters (72.0 to 87.4 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, moist; loamy fine sand; massive; hard, very friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03476. Have fine stratification in the upper part, lamealle throughout the horizon. Totaling 15 cm thick that is 1/2 cm thick.; few fine roots throughout
    1C6—226 to 263 centimeters (89.0 to 103.5 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, moist; fine sand; massive; hard, very friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments. Lab sample # 87P03477. Fine stratification.; few fine roots throughout