IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Farnum
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 95KS155389R
  • User Pedon ID: 95KS155389R
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 95KS155389R
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41084
  • Print Date: 9/20/2024

    • 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: 38.1303596
  • Std. Longitude: -98.1555252
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4
  • Location Description: 1400' E & 0100' N SW 13-T22S-R08W
  • Map Unit: 1725—FARNUM AND FUNMAR LOAMS, 0 TO 1 PERCENT SLOPES5886—Farnum and Funmar loams, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS155—Reno
  • MLRA: 79—Great Bend Sand Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS155—Reno County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38098-B2—Sterling, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JCW
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
  • 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 - Farnum
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
  • PSC - 38 to 89 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/18/1995
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 26 percent of control section clay


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: paleoterrace
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/18/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 03
  • 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

    argillic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    0—53

    38—203

    172—

    —53—

    —165—

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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

    —

    —

    503

    —

    90

    737

    —

    —

    14

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; loam; 13 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1432; dry when described;
    A—13 to 38 centimeters (5.1 to 15.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; loam; 16 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1433; moist when described;
    Bt1—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; loam; 22 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 10 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1434; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 46920; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 46920
    Bt2—53 to 86 centimeters (20.9 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; clay loam; 28 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 12 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1435; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 46921; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 46921
    Bt3—86 to 122 centimeters (33.9 to 48.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; loam; 32 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 15 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.1, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1436; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 46922; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 46922
    Bt4—122 to 155 centimeters (48.0 to 61.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; clay loam; 30 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 10 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1437; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 46969; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 46969
    Bt5—155 to 173 centimeters (61.0 to 68.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, moist; clay loam; 30 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 10 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1438; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 46981; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 46981
    Btk—173 to 203 centimeters (68.1 to 79.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, moist; loam; 27 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 5 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent fine irregular carbonate threads throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # KSUSS1439; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 47335; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 47335