IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Richfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989KS081004
  • User Pedon ID: 89KS081004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0742
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61842
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 37.4572220
  • Std. Longitude: -101.0327759
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 30S
  • Range: 34W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 275 feet E and 4065 feet N of SW corner
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS081—Haskell
  • MLRA: 72—Central High Tableland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. Gruber, R. Mandel, R. Schlepp
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Richfield
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed (calcareous) Aridic Torriorthents
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1989 (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

    ochric epipedon

    0—13

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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

    1

    —

    —

    907

    —

    180

    46

    —

    —

    14

    —

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    15

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04267; moist when described;. common fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    Bk—13 to 36 centimeters (5.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, coats on faces of peds; 11 percent fine and medium spherical carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P04268; moist when described;. common fine and medium soft masses of carbonate concentrations; common coats surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; patchy - phpvsfiid 224376; patchy - phpvsfiid 224376
    C1—36 to 69 centimeters (14.2 to 27.2 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silt loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P04269; moist when described;. few fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    C2—69 to 107 centimeters (27.2 to 42.1 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silt loam; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P04270; moist when described;. effervescence is continuous
    C3—107 to 155 centimeters (42.1 to 61.0 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silt loam; weak medium prismatic structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine spherical carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P04271; moist when described;. few fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    C4—155 to 193 centimeters (61.0 to 76.0 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silt loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P04272; moist when described;. few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    C5—193 to 218 centimeters (76.0 to 85.8 inches);, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; silt loam; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P04273; moist when described;. few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    2Bkb1—218 to 259 centimeters (85.8 to 102.0 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; loam; weak medium prismatic structure; hard, friable; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 11 percent fine spherical carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P04274; moist when described;. common fine carbonate threads concentrations; effervescence is continuous
    2Bkb2—259 to 295 centimeters (102.0 to 116.1 inches);, brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, moist; loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 11 percent fine spherical carbonate masses and 11 percent fine and medium spherical carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P04275; moist when described;. common fine and medium carbonate concretions concentrations; common fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; effervescence is continuous
    3Bkb3—295 to 318 centimeters (116.1 to 125.2 inches);, brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, moist; loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine tubular pores; faint brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist, coats on faces of peds; 11 percent fine and medium spherical carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04276; moist when described;. common fine and medium soft masses of carbonate concentrations; effervescence is continuous; patchy - phpvsfiid 224377; patchy - phpvsfiid 224377
    3Bkb4—318 to 361 centimeters (125.2 to 142.1 inches);, brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, moist; loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent fine spherical carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P04277; moist when described;. few fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; effervescence is continuous
    4C—361 to 396 centimeters (142.1 to 155.9 inches);, brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, moist; sandy loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint and 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine faint mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P04278; moist when described;. few fine faint 10YR56 mottles; few fine faint 7.5YR46 mottles; effervescence is continuous
    5Bkb1—396 to 447 centimeters (155.9 to 176.0 inches);, brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, moist; loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist, coats on faces of peds; 11 percent medium and coarse spherical carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P04279; moist when described;. common medium and coarse soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few coats surface features on faces of peds; effervescence is continuous; patchy - phpvsfiid 224378; patchy - phpvsfiid 224378
    5Bkb2—447 to 488 centimeters (176.0 to 192.1 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; loam; 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine faint mottles; weak medium prismatic, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 15 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist, coats on faces of peds; 11 percent fine and medium spherical carbonate masses and 1 percent medium spherical carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04280; moist when described;. common fine and medium soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few medium carbonate concretions concentrations; few coats surface features on faces of peds; few fine faint 10YR66 mottles; effervescence is continuous; patchy - phpvsfiid 224379; patchy - phpvsfiid 224379
    5Bkb3—488 to 523 centimeters (192.1 to 205.9 inches);, brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, moist; loam; 1 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) fine faint mottles; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 11 percent fine cylindrical carbonate threads; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P04281; moist when described;. common fine carbonate threads concentrations; few fine faint 7.5YR66 mottles; effervescence is continuous