IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Naron
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987KS047002
  • User Pedon ID: 87KS047002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0661
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59956
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 37.9863892
  • Std. Longitude: -99.1130524
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24S
  • Range: 16W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 400 feet north and 100 feet east of the southwest corner
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS047—Edwards
  • MLRA: 79—Great Bend Sand Plains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C.E. Watts
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Udic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Naron
  • PSC - 43 to 93 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Naron
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Argiustoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • 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
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: frequent flooding
  • 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

    argillic horizon

    0—43

    43—136

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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

    2

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    634

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    135

    63

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    1Ap1—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03478. many fine roots throughout
    1Ap2—12 to 20 centimeters (4.7 to 7.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; moderate medium platy, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03479. many fine roots throughout
    1BA—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03480. many fine roots throughout
    1Bt1—43 to 68 centimeters (16.9 to 26.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout; 15 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay films on horizontal faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03481. few clay films surface features on horizontal faces of peds; many fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232211; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232211
    1Bt2—68 to 91 centimeters (26.8 to 35.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout; 15 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03482. few clay films surface features on vertical faces of peds; many fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232212; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232212
    1Bt3—91 to 112 centimeters (35.8 to 44.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout; 15 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03483. few clay films surface features on vertical faces of peds; many fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232213; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232213
    1Bt4—112 to 136 centimeters (44.1 to 53.5 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 5.5 fine roots throughout; 15 percent distinct 10YR 2/0 (10YR 2/0) clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03484. few clay films surface features on vertical faces of peds; many fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232214; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232214
    1C—136 to 146 centimeters (53.5 to 57.5 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; massive; hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03485. many fine roots throughout
    2Ab—146 to 161 centimeters (57.5 to 63.4 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 2.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03486. common fine roots throughout
    2Bk1—161 to 180 centimeters (63.4 to 70.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm; 2.5 fine roots throughout; 15 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) black stains on faces of peds and 15 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1) manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds; 1 percent fine platy lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03487. few fine soft masses of lime concentrations; few black stains surface features on faces of peds; few manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; patchy - phpvsfiid 222189; patchy - phpvsfiid 222190; patchy - phpvsfiid 222189; patchy - phpvsfiid 222190
    2Bk2—180 to 206 centimeters (70.9 to 81.1 inches); light gray (5Y 7/2) interior, light olive gray (5Y 6/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and strong medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm; 37 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2) carbonate coats on vertical faces of peds and 37 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1) manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03488. common lime or carbonate coats surface features on vertical faces of peds; common manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features on faces of peds; common fine distinct 10YR56 mottles; effervescence is continuous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222191; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222192; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222191; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222192
    2BC—206 to 225 centimeters (81.1 to 88.6 inches); light gray (5Y 7/2) interior, light olive gray (5Y 6/2) interior, moist; silt loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 87P03489. effervescence is continuous