IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sarpy
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 88KS061130
  • User Pedon ID: 88KS061130
  • User Site Association ID: Geary County, SarpyKS061 Geary County Type LocationsKansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 88KS061-7V
  • Transect Stop Number - 2
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 88KS061130
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40966
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 39.0694771
  • Std. Longitude: -96.8767014
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11S
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 3200 ft. east and 1500 ft. south of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: About 3 miles west and 3 miles north of Junction City, Kansas.
  • Map Unit: Sa—SARPY LOAMY FINE SAND, 0 TO 4 PERCENT SLOPES7081—Sarpy loamy fine sand, 0 to 4 percent slopes
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS061—Geary
  • MLRA: 75—Central Loess Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS061—Geary County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39096-A8—Milford Dam, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Hamilton, V.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sarpy
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/6/1988
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for brief periods
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/6/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 6
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    329

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    45

    820

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    181

    11.8

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    A—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior, dry; loamy fine sand; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2791
    C—25 to 152 centimeters (9.8 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) exterior, dry; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS2792