IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Solvay
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 91KS155003
  • User Pedon ID: 91KS155003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - L
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0782
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63820
  • 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: 38.0657381
  • Std. Longitude: -97.7792816
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2325'S & 1170'W NE 08-T23S.R4S.
  • State: Kansas
  • MLRA: 79—Great Bend Sand Plains
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Cox, D. Owens, RMM
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Solvay
  • PSC - 13 to 64 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/10/1991
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 88 depth to apparent water table (inches) and 5 Depth to loamy or clayey paleosol (inches)


  • SITE

  • Landscape: sandhills
  • Landform: swale
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: rare ponding for very brief periods begining in apr
  • Wet Soil Moisture Duration: 45
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/10/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 20
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    2Bt1

    2Bt2

    2Bt3

    2BC1

    2BC2

    2BC3

    0

    13

    36

    58

    94

    147

    193

    6.3

    6.3

    6.4

    6.2

    6.2

    6.3

    6.5

    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

    2Bt1

    2Bt2

    2Bt3

    2BC1

    2BC2

    2BC3

    0

    13

    36

    58

    94

    147

    193

    5.5

    5.6

    5.6

    5.3

    5.4

    5.7

    5.7

    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

    2Bt1

    2Bt2

    2Bt3

    2BC1

    2BC2

    2BC3

    0

    13

    36

    58

    94

    147

    193

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—13

    13—94

    —-

    —-

    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

    477

    360

    737

    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; fine sandy loam; 79 percent sand; 9 percent clay; weak fine and medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; 65 percent .1 to 75 mm (fine sand and coarser); slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4525; dry when described;
    2Bt1—13 to 36 centimeters (5.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; fine sandy loam; 58 percent sand; 19 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 2 percent faint clay bridges between sand grains and 10 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; 35 percent .1 to 75 mm (fine sand and coarser); slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4526; dry when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 39720; patchy - phpvsfiid 39721; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 39720; patchy - phpvsfiid 39721
    2Bt2—36 to 58 centimeters (14.2 to 22.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; fine sandy loam; 57 percent sand; 17 percent clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct irregular mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 1.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2 percent faint clay bridges between sand grains and 5 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and 15 percent distinct pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), moist, skeletans on vertical faces of peds; 2 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; 32 percent .1 to 75 mm (fine sand and coarser); slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4527; dry when described;. Texture is borderline between fsl and vfsl. Skeletans are iron depletions (in this and all layers below).; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 39722; patchy - phpvsfiid 39723; continuous - phpvsfiid 39724; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 39722; patchy - phpvsfiid 39723; continuous - phpvsfiid 39724
    2Bt3—58 to 94 centimeters (22.8 to 37.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; fine sandy loam; 56 percent sand; 14 percent clay; 5 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium faint irregular mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 1.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and 2 percent faint clay bridges between sand grains and 25 percent distinct pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), moist, skeletans on faces of peds and in pores; 2 percent fine and medium irregular iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; 32 percent .1 to 75 mm (fine sand and coarser); slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4528; moist when described;. Texture is borderline between fsl and vfsl; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 39725; patchy - phpvsfiid 39726; continuous - phpvsfiid 39727; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 39725; patchy - phpvsfiid 39726; continuous - phpvsfiid 39727
    2BC1—94 to 147 centimeters (37.0 to 57.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; fine sandy loam; 77 percent sand; 11 percent clay; 5 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) medium distinct irregular mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 25 percent distinct pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), moist, skeletans on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent fine and medium irregular iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; 66 percent .1 to 75 mm (fine sand and coarser); slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4529; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 44184; continuous - phpvsfiid 44184
    2BC2—147 to 193 centimeters (57.9 to 76.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; loamy fine sand; 87 percent sand; 11 percent clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium faint irregular mottles; weak medium and coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 15 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, skeletans on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; 75 percent .1 to 75 mm (fine sand and coarser); slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4530; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 46812; continuous - phpvsfiid 46812
    2BC3—193 to 224 centimeters (76.0 to 88.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), light brown (7.5YR 6/3), dry; loamy fine sand; 86 percent sand; 9 percent clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium faint irregular mottles; weak medium and coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 10 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, skeletans on vertical faces of peds; fragments; 74 percent .1 to 75 mm (fine sand and coarser); slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 91P4531; moist when described;. Horizon is saturated on ped faces.; continuous - phpvsfiid 46813; continuous - phpvsfiid 46813