IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Unknown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 96KS023001
  • User Pedon ID: 96KS023001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Print Date: 12/5/2025

    • 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: 39.7402222
  • Std. Longitude: -101.8731944
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4
  • Range: 41
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 1900 feet east & 900 feet south of NW corner
  • Location Description: 1900 feet east & 900 feet south of the north east corner of 1-4-41
  • Map Unit: Bc—BANKARD LOAMY FINE SAND, OCCASIONALLY FLOODED1114—Bankard loamy fine sand, occasionally flooded
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS023—Cheyenne
  • MLRA: 72—Central High Tableland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS023—Cheyenne County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39101-F7—Drury Creek, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Tricks & McDowell
  • Current Taxon Kind: miscellaneous area
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Unknown
  • PSC - 25 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/20/1996
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: terrace
  • Microfeature: terracette
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Flooding: occasional flooding
  • Wet Soil Moisture Duration: 365
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/20/1996 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 51
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - other
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    0—30

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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

    76

    45.7

    1021

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    180

    457

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    A—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loamy fine sand; single grain; loose, loose; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 7 percent by volume well rounded 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.
    C1—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); 90 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and 10 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), 90 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and 10 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 2.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 3 percent by volume well rounded 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.
    C2—51 to 81 centimeters (20.1 to 31.9 inches); 90 percent brown (10YR 5/3) and 10 percent brown (10YR 4/3), 90 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) and 10 percent brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loam; medium and coarse platy structure; slightly hard, very friable; 2.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.
    C3—81 to 97 centimeters (31.9 to 38.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loamy fine sand; 4 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine and medium distinct irregular mottles; single grain; loose, loose; 1.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.
    C4—97 to 124 centimeters (38.2 to 48.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; sand; 50 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine and medium prominent irregular mottles; single grain; loose, loose; 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    C5—124 to 147 centimeters (48.8 to 57.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/3), dry; gravelly sand; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct irregular mottles; single grain; loose, loose; 8 percent by volume well rounded 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; wet when described;
    C6—147 to 157 centimeters (57.9 to 61.8 inches); dark greenish gray (5GY 4/1), greenish gray (5GY 5/1), dry; loam; 30 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium and coarse distinct irregular mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary.; wet when described;
    C7—157 to 274 centimeters (61.8 to 107.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; gravelly sand; single grain; loose, loose; fragments.; wet when described;