IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hobbs
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 91KS061002ksu
  • User Pedon ID: 91KS061002ksu
  • User Site Association ID: KS061 Geary County Type LocationsKansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 91KS061002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40997
  • 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: 39.1472282
  • Std. Longitude: -96.9587250
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10S
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 700 ft. E and 100 ft. N of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: 700 feet east and 100 feet north of the southwest corner of section 26 T. 10 S., R. 4 E.
  • Map Unit: Hg—HOBBS SILT LOAM, OCCASIONALLY FLOODED3561—Hobbs silt loam, occasionally flooded
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS061—Geary
  • MLRA: 75—Central Loess Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS061—Geary County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39096-B8—Milford, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. Wehmueller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, nonacid, mesic Mollic Ustifluvents
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hobbs
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, nonacid, mesic Mollic Ustifluvents
  • PSC - 25 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/22/1991
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from mixed
  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for brief periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/22/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 2
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - other
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

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    357

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    820

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    181

    11.8

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    A—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) exterior and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; stratified silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 6.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2793
    C1—20 to 61 centimeters (7.9 to 24.0 inches); 20 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) and 30 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and 50 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), 20 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 30 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and 50 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 6.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2794
    C2—61 to 112 centimeters (24.0 to 44.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2795
    C3—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); 20 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and 30 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and 50 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), 20 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 30 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and 50 percent brown (10YR 4/3), dry; silt loam; 5 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS2796