IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Attica
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988KS151003
  • User Pedon ID: 88KS151003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0016
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61121
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 37.8036118
  • Std. Longitude: -98.8141632
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26S
  • Range: 14W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 1100 feet S and 500 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 #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Attica
  • PSC - 99 to 183 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 - 12/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: low sand ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/1/1988 (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

    argillic horizon

    99—183

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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

    5

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    603

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    135

    61

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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loamy fine sand; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 fine roots between peds; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00154. common fine roots between peds
    A1—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loamy fine sand; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 fine roots between peds; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00155. common fine roots between peds
    Ab—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loamy fine sand; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 fine roots between peds; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00156. common fine roots between peds
    Bt—38 to 71 centimeters (15.0 to 28.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 fine roots between peds; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00157. common fine roots between peds
    C1—71 to 99 centimeters (28.0 to 39.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; loamy fine sand; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine and medium distinct mottles; slightly hard, firm; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00158. common fine and medium distinct 10YR56 mottles
    Ab—99 to 122 centimeters (39.0 to 48.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; massive; slightly hard, firm; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00159. common fine prominent 7.5YR56 mottles
    Bw1b—122 to 140 centimeters (48.0 to 55.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00160
    Bw2b—140 to 160 centimeters (55.1 to 63.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00161. common fine prominent 7.5YR56 mottles
    Bw3b—160 to 191 centimeters (63.0 to 75.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00162. common fine prominent 7.5YR56 mottles
    C1—191 to 206 centimeters (75.2 to 81.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00163. common fine distinct 7.5YR56 mottles
    C2—206 to 239 centimeters (81.1 to 94.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; loamy fine sand; slightly hard, friable; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00164
    C3—239 to 290 centimeters (94.1 to 114.2 inches); yellow (10YR 7/6), brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist; loamy sand; slightly hard, firm; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00165
    2C4—290 to 318 centimeters (114.2 to 125.2 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; fine sandy loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00166. common fine prominent 7.5YR56 mottles
    2C5—318 to 328 centimeters (125.2 to 129.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; sandy clay loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; massive; hard, firm; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00167. common fine prominent 7.5YR58 mottles
    2C6—328 to 422 centimeters (129.1 to 166.1 inches); yellow (10YR 7/6), brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist; sandy clay loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, firm; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00168. common fine prominent 7.5YR58 mottles