IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pratt
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988KS159002
  • User Pedon ID: 88KS159002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1988KS159002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0010
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61115
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 38.1814308
  • Std. Longitude: -98.3222961
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21S
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 2500 feet S and 1100 feet E of the NW corner
  • Location Description: entered as R.19W.
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS159—Rice
  • MLRA: 75—Central Loess Plains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C.E. Watts
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, thermic Psammentic Haplustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pratt
  • PSC - 124 to 193 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pratt
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, thermic Psammentic Haplustalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1988 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    TRITI

    Triticum

    wheat

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    argillic horizon

    124—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

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    13

    20

    7

    14

    21

    9

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    Ap1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loamy sand; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots between peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00075. many fine roots between peds
    Ap2—15 to 21 centimeters (5.9 to 8.3 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loamy sand; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots between peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00076. many fine roots between peds
    A—21 to 49 centimeters (8.3 to 19.3 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loamy fine sand; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 fine roots between peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00077. common fine roots between peds
    Bt—49 to 76 centimeters (19.3 to 29.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loamy fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 fine roots between peds; 2 percent prominent dark brown (10YR 3/3) organic stains on horizontal faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00078. very few organic coats surface features on horizontal faces of peds; common fine roots between peds; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 223693; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 223693
    C1—76 to 115 centimeters (29.9 to 45.3 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loamy sand; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots between peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00079. few fine roots between peds
    C2—115 to 168 centimeters (45.3 to 66.1 inches); yellow (10YR 7/6), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; loamy sand; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots between peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00080. few fine roots between peds
    C3—168 to 194 centimeters (66.1 to 76.4 inches); yellow (10YR 7/6), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots between peds; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00081. few fine roots between peds
    C4—194 to 211 centimeters (76.4 to 83.1 inches); yellow (10YR 8/6), brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist; loamy sand; hard, friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00082
    C5—211 to 270 centimeters (83.1 to 106.3 inches); yellow (10YR 8/6), brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist; loamy fine sand; massive; hard, friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00083
    C6—270 to 283 centimeters (106.3 to 111.4 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6), reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), moist; loamy sand; slightly hard, friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00084
    C7—283 to 475 centimeters (111.4 to 187.0 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6), reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), moist; loamy sand; slightly hard, friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00085