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: 11/26/2024

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