IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Attica
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988KS151001
  • User Pedon ID: 88KS151001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0011
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61116
  • 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: 37.8030548
  • Std. Longitude: -98.8136139
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26S
  • Range: 14W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 1200 feet S and 400 feet W 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 - 33 to 66 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • 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 - 9/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: low sand ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    argillic horizon

    33—66

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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

    —

    —

    —

    604

    —

    61

    —

    —

    14

    21

    7

    14

    21

    18

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loamy fine sand; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots between peds; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00086. many fine roots between peds
    Ab—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loamy fine sand; weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 fine roots between peds; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00087. common fine roots between peds
    Bt—33 to 168 centimeters (13.0 to 66.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 fine roots between peds; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 2 percent faint clay bridges on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00088. very few clay bridging surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common fine roots between peds; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 223694; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 223694
    C1—66 to 112 centimeters (26.0 to 44.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; loamy fine sand; massive; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P00089. few fine roots between peds
    C2—112 to 135 centimeters (44.1 to 53.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist; loamy fine sand; 11 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots between peds; fragments. Lab sample # 89P00090. few fine roots between peds; common fine distinct 7.5YR44 mottles
    C3—135 to 157 centimeters (53.1 to 61.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots between peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P00091. few fine roots between peds; few fine distinct 7.5YR44 mottles
    2C4—157 to 178 centimeters (61.8 to 70.1 inches); weak red (2.5YR 5/2), weak red (2.5YR 4/2), moist; sandy clay loam; 1 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots between peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P00092. few fine roots between peds; few fine distinct 5YR54 mottles
    2Bw—178 to 216 centimeters (70.1 to 85.0 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2), dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2), moist; sandy clay; weak coarse platy structure; hard, firm; distinct skeletans and 2 percent faint slickensides (pedogenic) on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P00093. very few intersecting slickensides surface features on vertical faces of peds; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 223695; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 223695
    2C1—208 to 239 centimeters (81.9 to 94.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; sandy clay loam; weak fine granular structure; hard, firm; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P00095
    2Bk—216 to 239 centimeters (85.0 to 94.1 inches); pinkish gray (5YR 6/2), reddish gray (5YR 5/2), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 2 percent prominent carbonate coats on bottoms of plates; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P00094. very few lime or carbonate coats surface features on bottoms of plates; effervescence is continuous; continuous - phpvsfiid 223697; continuous - phpvsfiid 223697
    2C2—239 to 269 centimeters (94.1 to 105.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00096
    3C3—269 to 279 centimeters (105.9 to 109.8 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; loamy fine sand; massive; slightly hard, friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P00097
    3C4—279 to 310 centimeters (109.8 to 122.0 inches); yellow (10YR 7/6), brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist; loamy sand; slightly hard, friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00098
    4C5—310 to 338 centimeters (122.0 to 133.1 inches); pale red (2.5YR 6/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist; sandy clay loam; massive; slightly hard, friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00099
    4C6—338 to 368 centimeters (133.1 to 144.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; sandy clay; massive; hard, firm; fragments. Lab sample # 89P00100