IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hastings
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 93KS089001
  • User Pedon ID: 93KS089001
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 93KS089001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41016
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 1
  • Range: 6
  • Section: 22
  • Location Description: 1600 ft. N., 1700 ft. E. of the SW corner of section 22 T. 1 S., R. 6 W.
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS089—Jewell
  • MLRA: 73—Rolling Plains and Breaks
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS089—Jewell County, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. Wehmueller
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hastings
  • Classificaton Date - 4/27/1993
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 152.4 cm of Depth to free lime and 36.400002 percent of Percent clay in the control section


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess derived from mixed
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/27/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 14
  • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap

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    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

    Ap

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    36

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    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 %

    Ap

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—56

    20—84

    —56—

    —64—
    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

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; silty clay loam; 29 percent clay; moderate fine and medium granular structure; soft, friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS0459
    Bt1—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; 37 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS0460
    Bt2—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, dry; silty clay; 40 percent clay; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, very firm; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent faint very dark brown (10YR 2/2) organic stains on vertical faces of peds and 15 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS0461. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 21161; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 21162; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 21161; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 21162
    Bt3—56 to 84 centimeters (22.0 to 33.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm; 5.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; ; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS0462
    BC—84 to 122 centimeters (33.1 to 48.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable; 10.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS0463
    C1—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; 25 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 5.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS0464
    C2—152 to 183 centimeters (59.8 to 72.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; 22 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 3 percent fine threadlike carbonate threads; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 6.9, pH meter. Lab sample # KSUSS0465. Depth to bedrock is about 115 feet according to well records in the area, the geologic survey says that in this part of Jewell and Republic Counties there are places where the loess is 150 feet thick over the "Meade Formation" (late Kansan age material).