IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Spelvin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 93KS155057R
  • User Pedon ID: 93KS155057R
  • User Site Association ID: 3256Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 93005
  • Transect Stop Number - 1
  • Transect Interval - 200.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 93KS155057R
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41026
  • Print Date: 2/1/2025

    • 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: 37.8987770
  • Std. Longitude: -98.3431396
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 700'N & 100'E SW 05-T25S-R9W Bearing 090
  • State: Kansas
  • MLRA: 79—Great Bend Sand Plains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: RMM, PRF
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Spelvin
  • PSC - 13 to 64 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/4/1993
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 5 Depth to loamy or clayey paleosol (inches) and 0 Maximum slope on adjacent backslope


    • SITE

  • Landscape: sandhills
  • Landform: swale
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/4/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 44
  • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    2Bt1

    13

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    23

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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

    2Bt1

    13

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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 %

    2Bt1

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—13

    13—132

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    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

    1

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    520

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    270

    737

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; loamy sand; 3 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 5.0 very fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1447; dry when described;
    2Bt1—13 to 58 centimeters (5.1 to 22.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior, dry; sandy clay loam; 25 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 30 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1448; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 46893; continuous - phpvsfiid 46893
    2Bt2—58 to 86 centimeters (22.8 to 33.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, dry; sandy clay loam; 15 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 15 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1449; dry when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 46894; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 46894
    2Bt3—86 to 127 centimeters (33.9 to 50.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior, strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior, dry; sandy loam; 15 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 2 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and 15 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1450; dry when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 46895; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 46896; patchy - phpvsfiid 46895; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 46896
    2BC—127 to 147 centimeters (50.0 to 57.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior, strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior, dry; loamy sand; 5 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1451; dry when described;
    2C—147 to 203 centimeters (57.9 to 79.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior, yellow (10YR 7/6) interior, dry; sand; 1 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # KSUSS1452; dry when described;