IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Attica
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988KS151004
  • User Pedon ID: 88KS151004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0017
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61122
  • 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: 37.7911110
  • Std. Longitude: -98.8244476
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26S
  • Range: 14W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 1800 feet W and 300 feet S of the NW 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 #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Attica
  • PSC - 25 to 100 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 - 11/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1988 (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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—41

    41—117

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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

    4

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    45

    61

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    A1—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loamy fine sand; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots between peds; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00170. many fine roots between peds
    Ab—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loamy fine sand; massive; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots between peds; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00171. many fine roots between peds
    Bt1—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), 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 # 89P00172. common fine roots between peds
    Bt2—61 to 69 centimeters (24.0 to 27.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy clay loam; massive; hard, firm; 5.5 fine roots between peds; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00173. many fine roots between peds
    Bt3—69 to 117 centimeters (27.2 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 11 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00174. common fine distinct 7.5YR44 mottles
    C1—117 to 165 centimeters (46.1 to 65.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; fine sandy loam; 11 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00175. common fine distinct 7.5YR44 mottles
    C2—165 to 198 centimeters (65.0 to 78.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; loamy fine sand; slightly hard, friable; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00176
    2C3—198 to 234 centimeters (78.0 to 92.1 inches); yellow (10YR 7/6), brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist; loamy sand; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00177
    2C4—234 to 249 centimeters (92.1 to 98.0 inches); yellow (10YR 7/6), brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist; loamy sand; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; slightly hard, friable; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00178. common fine distinct 7.5YR56 mottles
    2C5—249 to 279 centimeters (98.0 to 109.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), moist; loamy sand; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; slightly hard, friable; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00179. common fine distinct 7.5YR56 mottles
    Ab—279 to 300 centimeters (109.8 to 118.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; 11 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00180. common fine distinct 7.5YR44 mottles
    Bb—300 to 361 centimeters (118.1 to 142.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; clay; massive; hard, very firm; fragments; very slight effervescence. Lab sample # 89P00181