IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Valentine
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 89KS061149
  • User Pedon ID: 89KS061149
  • User Site Association ID: KS061- Geary County Box SamplesKansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 89KS061149
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40984
  • Print Date: 4/26/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 12S
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 16
  • Location Description: 1600 ft. E, 200 ft. S. of NW corner
  • Map Unit: Vc—VALENTINE LOAMY FINE SAND, 5 TO 15 PERCENT SLOPES
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS061—Geary
  • MLRA: 75—Central Loess Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS061—Geary County, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. Wehmueller
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Valentine
  • Classificaton Date - 1/31/1989
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian sands derived from mixed
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/31/1989 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 10
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    15

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    384

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    220

    820

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    181

    11.8

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    A—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 6.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2872
    Bw—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2873
    C—28 to 152 centimeters (11.0 to 59.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; loamy sand; single grain; loose, loose; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS2874