IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kuma
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989KS081017
  • User Pedon ID: 89KS081017
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0738
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61838
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 37.4405556
  • Std. Longitude: -101.0333328
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 30S
  • Range: 34W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 2790 feet N and 150 feet E of the SW corner
  • Location Description: Section 2 recorded on description but project map show log 6 in section 15
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS081—Haskell
  • MLRA: 72—Central High Tableland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C.E. Watts and Bobby Tricks
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 17
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kuma
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kuma
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Pachic Argiustoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1989 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Elevation: 1
  • 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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—51

    51—76

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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

    —

    —

    904

    —

    225

    46

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    13

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    14

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; 5.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04192. many very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    BA—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); 30 percent brown (10YR 5/3) interior and 70 percent brown (10YR 4/3), 30 percent brown (10YR 4/3) interior and 70 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04193. common very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    2Ab—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silt loam; weak medium granular, and weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; 2.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04194. common fine roots throughout
    2Btb1—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 15 percent faint very dark brown (10YR 2/2) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04195. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 233131; continuous - phpvsfiid 233131
    2Btb2—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 15 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04196. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 233132; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 233132
    2Btb3—66 to 79 centimeters (26.0 to 31.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 15 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04197. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; patchy - phpvsfiid 233133; patchy - phpvsfiid 233133
    2Bkb1—79 to 94 centimeters (31.1 to 37.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 11 percent fine cylindrical carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04198. common fine carbonate threads concentrations; common very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    2Bkb2—94 to 109 centimeters (37.0 to 42.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine cylindrical carbonate threads and 1 percent fine irregular carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04199. few fine carbonate threads concentrations; few fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    3Bkb3—109 to 130 centimeters (42.9 to 51.2 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04200. few very fine roots between peds; effervescence is continuous
    3Bkb4—130 to 155 centimeters (51.2 to 61.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 11 percent fine cylindrical carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04201. common fine carbonate threads concentrations; few very fine roots between peds; effervescence is continuous
    4Bkb5—157 to 180 centimeters (61.8 to 70.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 fine roots between peds; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 11 percent fine cylindrical carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04202. common fine carbonate threads concentrations; common fine roots between peds; effervescence is continuous
    4Bkb6—180 to 216 centimeters (70.9 to 85.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 11 percent fine irregular carbonate masses and 11 percent fine cylindrical carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04203. common fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; common fine carbonate threads concentrations; few very fine roots between peds; effervescence is continuous
    5Ck1—216 to 231 centimeters (85.0 to 90.9 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; clay loam; hard, friable; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 11 percent fine irregular carbonate masses and 11 percent fine cylindrical carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04204. common fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; common fine carbonate threads concentrations; few very fine roots between peds; effervescence is continuous
    6Ck2—231 to 246 centimeters (90.9 to 96.9 inches); 70 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/3) interior and 30 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior, 70 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior and 30 percent brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, moist; clay loam; hard, friable; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 11 percent platy carbonate threads; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04205. common carbonate threads concentrations; effervescence is continuous
    6Ck3—246 to 272 centimeters (96.9 to 107.1 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; fine sandy loam; slightly hard, very friable; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 11 percent fine cylindrical carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04206. common fine carbonate threads concentrations; effervescence is continuous