IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bavaria
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987KS169004
  • User Pedon ID: 87KS169004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0237
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60358
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 38.8463898
  • Std. Longitude: -97.7030563
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14S
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 700 feet E and 1650 feet N of the SW corner
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS169—Saline
  • MLRA: 74—Central Kansas Sandstone Hills

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Cecil D. Palmer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Leptic Natrustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bavaria
  • PSC - 30 to 74 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Detroit Saline
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Pachic Argiustoll
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1987 (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—74

    30—74

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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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    378

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    76

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    1Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01280. few very fine roots throughout
    1A—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; hard, firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. few very fine roots throughout
    1Bt1y—30 to 58 centimeters (11.8 to 22.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 11 percent medium irregular salt masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P01281. common medium salt masses concentrations; few very fine roots throughout
    1Bt2—58 to 74 centimeters (22.8 to 29.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P01282. few very fine roots
    1BC—74 to 97 centimeters (29.1 to 38.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary.
    1C—97 to 127 centimeters (38.2 to 50.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 1 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine faint mottles; massive; very hard, firm; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n. few fine faint 5YR44 mottles