IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Valent
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991KS055014
  • User Pedon ID: 91KS055014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0815
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63853
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 37.9233322
  • Std. Longitude: -100.9927750
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25S
  • Range: 34W
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4
  • Location Description: Garden City West, USGS Quadrangle.
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS055—Finney
  • MLRA: 72—Central High Tableland

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Ustic Torripsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 14
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Valent
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Ustic Torripsamments
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1991
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Setting and Climate
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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loamy fine sand; 2.5 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04897. common fine and medium roots throughout
    C1—13 to 61 centimeters (5.1 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; fine sand; 2.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04898. common fine roots throughout
    C2—61 to 109 centimeters (24.0 to 42.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; massive; 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04899. few fine roots throughout
    C3—109 to 185 centimeters (42.9 to 72.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; massive; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04900. texture in stratified fine sand and sand
    C4—185 to 224 centimeters (72.8 to 88.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; loamy sand; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04901
    C5—224 to 239 centimeters (88.2 to 94.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; fine sand; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04902
    C6—239 to 330 centimeters (94.1 to 129.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; loamy fine sand; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04903
    Ck1—330 to 366 centimeters (129.9 to 144.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04904. few fine carbonate threads concentrations
    Ck2—366 to 414 centimeters (144.1 to 163.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 11 percent fine irregular carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04905. common fine carbonate threads concentrations
    2Ck—414 to 437 centimeters (163.0 to 172.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loam; 11 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate threads; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 91P04906. common fine and medium carbonate threads concentrations
    3Ck1—437 to 467 centimeters (172.0 to 183.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; fine sand; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04907
    3Ck2—467 to 577 centimeters (183.9 to 227.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; fine sand; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04908