IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Attica
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987KS151001
  • User Pedon ID: 87KS151001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0658
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59953
  • 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: 37.8119431
  • Std. Longitude: -98.8130569
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26S
  • Range: 14W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 1200 feet south and 400 feet west of the NE corner
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS151—Pratt
  • MLRA: 79—Great Bend Sand Plains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. E. Watts
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Udic Haplustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Attica
  • PSC - 32 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Attica
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, thermic Udic Haplustalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Down: undulating
  • 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

    argillic horizon

    0—32

    32—65

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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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    602

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    0

    63

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    1Ap1—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 fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P03446. many fine roots throughout
    1AB—15 to 32 centimeters (5.9 to 12.6 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P03447. common fine roots throughout
    1Bt1—32 to 50 centimeters (12.6 to 19.7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent faint clay bridges on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P03448. common clay bridging surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222185; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222185
    1Bt2—50 to 65 centimeters (19.7 to 25.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; weak coarse platy, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay bridges on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03449. few clay bridging surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222186; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222186
    1C1—65 to 111 centimeters (25.6 to 43.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; loamy fine sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03450. few fine roots throughout
    1C2—111 to 135 centimeters (43.7 to 53.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior, moist; loamy fine sand; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03451. few fine roots throughout; few fine distinct 7.5YR44 mottles
    1C3—135 to 157 centimeters (53.1 to 61.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03452. few fine roots throughout; few fine distinct 7.5YR44 mottles
    2C4—157 to 177 centimeters (61.8 to 69.7 inches); weak red (2.5YR 5/2) interior, weak red (2.5YR 4/2) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; 30 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/4) medium distinct mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03453. many medium distinct 5YR54 mottles
    2Bw—177 to 215 centimeters (69.7 to 84.6 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2) interior, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay; weak coarse platy structure; hard, firm; 2 percent faint slickensides (pedogenic) on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03454. Vertical cracks 6 cm. wide; sand grains on ped faces.; very few intersecting slickensides surface features on vertical faces of peds; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222187; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222187
    2Bk—215 to 240 centimeters (84.6 to 94.5 inches); pinkish gray (5YR 6/2) interior, reddish gray (5YR 5/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 11 percent medium platy lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 87P03455. common medium soft masses of lime concentrations; effervescence is continuous