IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pond Creek
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987KS047003
  • User Pedon ID: 87KS047003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0663
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59958
  • Print Date: 4/19/2025

    • 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: 37.8533325
  • Std. Longitude: -99.3305588
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25S
  • Range: 18W
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 500 feet south and 300 feet east of the northwest corner
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS047—Edwards
  • MLRA: 79—Great Bend Sand Plains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C.E. Watts
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, thermic Pachic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pond Creek
  • PSC - 14 to 64 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Farnum
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Pachic 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: terrace—outwash or marine
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: very low
  • 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—91

    14—152

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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

    1

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    90

    633

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    1Ap—0 to 14 centimeters (0.0 to 5.5 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03502. many fine roots throughout
    1Bt1—14 to 35 centimeters (5.5 to 13.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout; 37 percent distinct very dark brown (10YR 2/2) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03503. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; many fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222204; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222204
    1Bt2—35 to 51 centimeters (13.8 to 20.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, moist; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout; 55 percent distinct very dark brown (10YR 2/2) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03504. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; many fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222205; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222205
    1Bt3—51 to 91 centimeters (20.1 to 35.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03505. many fine roots throughout
    1Btk1—91 to 120 centimeters (35.8 to 47.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout; 55 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine platy lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03506. few fine soft masses of lime concentrations; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; many fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222206; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222206
    1Btk2—120 to 152 centimeters (47.2 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine platy carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03507. few fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; common fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    1BC1—152 to 163 centimeters (59.8 to 64.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; clay loam; 11 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine platy lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03508. few fine soft masses of lime concentrations; common fine roots throughout; common fine distinct 10YR62 mottles; effervescence is continuous
    1BC2—163 to 180 centimeters (64.2 to 70.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; clay loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 fine roots throughout; 37 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) black stains on horizontal faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03509. few fine lime nodules concentrations; common black stains surface features on horizontal faces of peds; common fine roots throughout; few fine distinct 10YR44 mottles; effervescence is continuous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222207; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222207
    2Ab—180 to 190 centimeters (70.9 to 74.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; clay loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine spherical carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P03510. few fine lime nodules concentrations; common fine roots throughout; few fine distinct 10YR44 mottles; effervescence is continuous
    2Bt—191 to 212 centimeters (75.2 to 83.5 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, moist; silty clay; weak medium prismatic structure; hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P03511. few fine roots throughout
    2BC—212 to 235 centimeters (83.5 to 92.5 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 30 percent fine spherical carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 87P03512. many fine lime concretions concentrations; few fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous