IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): PLEV
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993KS155393
  • User Pedon ID: 93KS155393
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0459
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10729
  • 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: 38.1513901
  • Std. Longitude: -97.9567490
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22S
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 2550 feet north and 594 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: 5 miles north of Hutchinson
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS155—Reno
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS155—Reno County, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Mollic Psammaquents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 393
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - PLEV
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Mollic Psammaquents
  • Classificaton Date - 12/9/1993
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/9/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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
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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loamy fine sand; 4 percent clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct irregular mottles; weak fine granular parts to single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P02795
    A2—10 to 30 centimeters (3.9 to 11.8 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) and gray (10YR 5/1) fine sand; 2 percent clay; 3 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine prominent irregular mottles; weak fine subangular blocky parts to single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P02796
    Cg1—30 to 89 centimeters (11.8 to 35.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine sand; 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) coarse distinct irregular mottles; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P02797
    Cg2—89 to 117 centimeters (35.0 to 46.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and light gray (10YR 7/2) fine sand; 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) coarse distinct irregular mottles; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P02798
    2Btgb1—117 to 145 centimeters (46.1 to 57.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and light gray (2.5Y 7/2) fine sand; 19 percent clay; 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) coarse prominent irregular mottles; weak medium and coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent faint clay bridges between sand grains and 10 percent distinct light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist, skeletans on vertical faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P02799. patchy - phpvsfiid 201238; patchy - phpvsfiid 201239; continuous - phpvsfiid 201240; patchy - phpvsfiid 201238; patchy - phpvsfiid 201239; continuous - phpvsfiid 201240
    2Btgb2—145 to 203 centimeters (57.1 to 79.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and light gray (2.5Y 7/2) fine sandy loam; 16 percent clay; 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) coarse prominent irregular mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent faint clay bridges between sand grains and 10 percent distinct light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist, skeletans on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P02800. patchy - phpvsfiid 201241; continuous - phpvsfiid 201242; patchy - phpvsfiid 201241; continuous - phpvsfiid 201242