IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Punkin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 90KS155007
  • User Pedon ID: 90KS155007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - L
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0926
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62859
  • 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: 38.0142669
  • Std. Longitude: -97.7106125
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2511'W & 0184'N SE 25-T23S.R4W.
  • State: Kansas
  • MLRA: 79—Great Bend Sand Plains
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Schlepp, R. Cox, R. Ahrens,
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Punkin
  • PSC - 28 to 79 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/24/1992
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 92 depth to apparent water table (inches) and Depth to loamy or clayey paleosol (inches)


  • SITE

  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: terrace
  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/24/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 28
  • Microrelief Elevation: 0
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    A

    E

    Btn1

    Btn2

    Btz

    Btknzss

    Btgkny

    Btgknz

    Bgn

    2Bg1

    2Bg2

    0

    15

    28

    36

    46

    61

    79

    99

    124

    152

    183

    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    A

    E

    Btn1

    Btn2

    Btz

    Btknzss

    Btgkny

    Btgknz

    Bgn

    2Bg1

    2Bg2

    0

    15

    28

    36

    46

    61

    79

    99

    124

    152

    183

    4.6

    5.2

    6.6

    7.2

    8

    8

    7.8

    8

    8

    8.3

    8.3

    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    A

    E

    Btn1

    Btn2

    Btz

    Btknzss

    Btgkny

    Btgknz

    Bgn

    2Bg1

    2Bg2

    0

    15

    28

    36

    46

    61

    79

    99

    124

    152

    183

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

    mollic epipedon

    natric horizon

    0—46

    28—124

    —-

    —-

    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

    0

    445

    0

    737

    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; 12 percent clay; weak thin platy parts to weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; 5 percent .1 to 75 mm (fine sand and coarser); very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P5571; dry when described;
    E—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; 10 percent clay; 1 percent brown (10YR 4/3) fine faint irregular mottles; weak thin platy parts to weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; 6 percent .1 to 75 mm (fine sand and coarser); moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P5572; dry when described;
    Btn1—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; 22 percent clay; 1 percent brown (10YR 4/3) fine faint irregular mottles; strong medium columnar parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 10 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, skeletans on vertical faces of peds and 10 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, skeletans on tops of soil columns; fragments; 6 percent .1 to 75 mm (fine sand and coarser); neutral, pH 7.2, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P5573; moist when described;. roots are flattened and restricted; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 36268; continuous - phpvsfiid 36269; continuous - phpvsfiid 36270; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 36268; continuous - phpvsfiid 36269; continuous - phpvsfiid 36270
    Btn2—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; silty clay loam; 31 percent clay; strong medium prismatic parts to strong fine and medium angular blocky, and strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots between peds; 30 percent prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, skeletans on vertical faces of peds and 50 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; 5 percent .1 to 75 mm (fine sand and coarser); slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P5574; moist when described;. roots are flattened and restricted; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 35169; continuous - phpvsfiid 35170; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 35169; continuous - phpvsfiid 35170
    Btz—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; silty clay loam; 39 percent clay; strong medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots between peds; 30 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine spherical salt masses throughout; fragments; 4 percent .1 to 75 mm (fine sand and coarser); moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P5575; moist when described;. roots are flattened and restricted; continuous - phpvsfiid 35171; continuous - phpvsfiid 35171
    Btknzss—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silty clay; 45 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine roots between peds; 5 percent prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on horizontal faces of peds and 30 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine threadlike salt masses throughout and 1 percent fine and medium irregular salt masses throughout and 10 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate masses throughout and 1 percent medium and coarse irregular carbonate masses throughout; fragments; 44.299999 percent non-carbonate clay; 4 percent .1 to 75 mm (fine sand and coarser); strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P5576; moist when described;. roots are flattened and restricted; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 36276; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 36277; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 36276; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 36277
    Btgkny—79 to 99 centimeters (31.1 to 39.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay; 43 percent clay; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine prominent irregular mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 4.0 very fine roots between peds; 10 percent faint dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate concretions throughout and 1 percent fine spherical gypsum masses throughout and 5 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate masses throughout; fragments; 7 percent .1 to 75 mm (fine sand and coarser); slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P5577; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 36278; patchy - phpvsfiid 36278
    Btgknz—99 to 124 centimeters (39.0 to 48.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; 39 percent clay; 10 percent brown (10YR 4/3) medium distinct irregular mottles; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 5.0 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent faint dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent coarse and very coarse irregular carbonate nodules throughout and 5 percent fine irregular carbonate masses throughout and 1 percent fine irregular salt masses throughout; fragments; 8 percent .1 to 75 mm (fine sand and coarser); very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P5578; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 36271; patchy - phpvsfiid 36271
    Bgn—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silty clay loam; 35 percent clay; 25 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium prominent irregular mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses throughout and 2 percent fine spherical masses of oxidized iron throughout; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate masses throughout and 1 percent fine irregular salt masses throughout; fragments; 8 percent .1 to 75 mm (fine sand and coarser); very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P5579; moist when described;
    2Bg1—152 to 183 centimeters (59.8 to 72.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; clay loam; 28 percent clay; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium prominent irregular mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses throughout and 1 percent fine spherical masses of oxidized iron throughout; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate nodules throughout; fragments; 20 percent .1 to 75 mm (fine sand and coarser); very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P5580; wet when described;
    2Bg2—183 to 234 centimeters (72.0 to 92.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; clay loam; 33 percent clay; 10 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) fine prominent irregular mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 2 percent distinct skeletans on horizontal faces of peds; 1 percent fine and medium spherical iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; 26 percent .1 to 75 mm (fine sand and coarser); very strongly alkaline, pH 9.1, pH meter. Lab sample # 90P5581; wet when described;. skeletans are on 30 degree from horizontal faces; patchy - phpvsfiid 36266; patchy - phpvsfiid 36266