IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kisiwa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 91KS009009
  • User Pedon ID: 91KS009009
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 91KS009009
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40995
  • 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: 38.4951324
  • Std. Longitude: -98.7205200
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18 S
  • Range: 13 W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 950 feet north and 650 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: 950 feet North and 260 feet West of the SE corner of Section 11, T 18 S, R 13 W.
  • Map Unit: 5752—Kisiwa loam, depressional
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS009—Barton
  • MLRA: 79—Great Bend Sand Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS009—Barton County, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Rick Cox
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kisiwa
  • PSC - 20 to 71 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/28/1991
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: alluvial flat
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/28/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 32
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    natric horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—36

    20—130

    20—130

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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

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    —

    550

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    45

    0

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 30.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS0175
    Bt1—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; strong medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 30.0 very fine and fine roots; distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS0176. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 39713; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 39713
    Btn1—36 to 58 centimeters (14.2 to 22.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine roots; distinct clay films on faces of peds; 30 percent fine and medium irregular salt masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS0177. patchy - phpvsfiid 39714; patchy - phpvsfiid 39714
    Btn2—58 to 86 centimeters (22.8 to 33.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots; faint clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent medium irregular salt masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS0178. patchy - phpvsfiid 39715; patchy - phpvsfiid 39715
    Btn3—86 to 107 centimeters (33.9 to 42.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; 2 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; faint clay films in root channels and/or pores; 2 percent medium irregular salt masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS0179. patchy - phpvsfiid 39716; patchy - phpvsfiid 39716
    Btnk1—107 to 130 centimeters (42.1 to 51.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silty clay loam; 2 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine faint mottles; weak fine prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; distinct clay films on faces of peds; 30 percent fine and medium irregular salt masses and 2 percent fine and medium spherical carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # KSUSS0180. patchy - phpvsfiid 39717; patchy - phpvsfiid 39717