IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kaskan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 95KS155369R
  • User Pedon ID: 95KS155369R
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 95KS155369R
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41081
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 38.1079712
  • Std. Longitude: -97.9898071
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2561'S & 1739'E NW 28-T22S.R06W.
  • State: Kansas
  • MLRA: 79—Great Bend Sand Plains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: RMM,JCW
  • 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 - Kaskan
  • PSC - 25 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/26/1995
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: Depth to loamy or clayey paleosol (inches) and 18 percent of Percent clay in the control section and 104.14 cm of Depth to sand and depth to apparent water table (inches)


    • SITE

  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: rare flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/26/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 12
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—61

    43—89

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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

    0

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    475

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    90

    737

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, dry; loam; 22 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS0977; moist when described;
    A1—18 to 43 centimeters (7.1 to 16.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, dry; silty clay loam; 32 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; 8 percent .1 to 75 mm (fine sand and coarser); noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS0978; moist when described;. trace of fine pebbles
    Bw1—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, dry; loam; 20 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 15 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS0979; moist when described;. trace of fine pebbles; continuous - phpvsfiid 43467; continuous - phpvsfiid 43467
    Bw2—61 to 89 centimeters (24.0 to 35.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; fine sandy loam; 13 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS0980; moist when described;
    BC—89 to 104 centimeters (35.0 to 40.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; loamy fine sand; 8 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky parts to single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS0981; moist when described;
    C1—104 to 119 centimeters (40.9 to 46.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, dry; fine sand; 1 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS0982; moist when described;
    C2—119 to 168 centimeters (46.9 to 66.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, dry; sand; 1 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 3 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS0983; moist when described;
    C3—168 to 203 centimeters (66.1 to 79.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, dry; stratified sand to gravelly coarse sand; 2 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct irregular mottles; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 10 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog.; moist when described;