IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shellabarger
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 96KS155411
  • User Pedon ID: 96KS155411
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - L
  • Lab Pedon # - 97P0094
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68569
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 37.8011944
  • Std. Longitude: -98.0684167
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26 S
  • Range: 7 W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 1820 feet S and 1360 feet W of the NE corner
  • Location Description: About 3 miles west and 1.5 miles north of Pretty Prairie, Kansas.
  • Map Unit: 5956—Shellabarger sandy loam, 1 to 3 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: 37098-G1—Pretty Prairie, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JCW.,LAG.,GLP.,CS.,RMM., RS.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive Udic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Shellabarger
  • PSC - 42 to 79 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/11/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shellabarger
  • Classificaton Date - 10/28/1996
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 79 centimeters of depth to sand and 15 percent of control section clay


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy alluvium derived from mixed
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/28/1996 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: O_090
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    0—42

    42—79

    —42—

    —37—
    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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    —

    480

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    90

    737

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; loamy sand; 74 percent sand; 5 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky parts to single grain; soft, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    A—18 to 42 centimeters (7.1 to 16.5 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; sandy loam; 66 percent sand; 11 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described;. trace of fine gravel
    Bt1—42 to 60 centimeters (16.5 to 23.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/3) interior and dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) crushed, moist; gravelly sandy clay loam; 77 percent sand; 13 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 5 percent faint dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 10 percent faint dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and in pores and 15 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist, clay bridges between sand grains; 15 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described;. gravels all 2-5mm; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 45233; patchy - phpvsfiid 45234; patchy - phpvsfiid 45235; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 45233; patchy - phpvsfiid 45234; patchy - phpvsfiid 45235
    Bt2—60 to 79 centimeters (23.6 to 31.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; gravelly sandy clay loam; 80 percent sand; 16 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 2 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 10 percent faint clay bridges between sand grains; 16 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described;. gravels all 2-5mm; patchy - phpvsfiid 45172; patchy - phpvsfiid 45173; patchy - phpvsfiid 45172; patchy - phpvsfiid 45173
    BC—79 to 103 centimeters (31.1 to 40.6 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior, strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior, moist; coarse sandy loam; 87 percent sand; 10 percent clay; weak medium and coarse prismatic parts to weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear broken boundary.; moist when described;. Horizon discontinuous laterally- broken boundary; trace of fine gravel
    C1—103 to 114 centimeters (40.6 to 44.9 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) interior, strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior, moist; gravelly loamy coarse sand; 90 percent sand; 8 percent clay; single grain; soft, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described;. gravel content varies up to 15% in places laterally
    2C2—114 to 121 centimeters (44.9 to 47.6 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) interior, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) interior, moist; clay; 42 percent sand; 38 percent clay; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium prominent irregular mottles; massive; very hard, very firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; very slow permeability; 15 percent distinct pressure faces on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine and medium irregular noncoherent cemented very dark brown (10YR 2/2) iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt broken boundary.; moist when described;. horizon texture grades laterally to include silty clay, silty clay loam, and clay loam; horizon discontinuous laterally in a few places in the pit; trace of fine gravel; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 45236; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 45236
    3C3—121 to 134 centimeters (47.6 to 52.8 inches); yellow (10YR 7/6) interior, brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior, moist; loamy sand; 86 percent sand; 10 percent clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent irregular mottles; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 1 percent fine and medium irregular noncoherent cemented very dark brown (10YR 2/2) iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described;. 3 5mm thick bands 7.5YR4/8 LCOS (8%clay)
    3C4—134 to 181 centimeters (52.8 to 71.3 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, moist; fine sand; 88 percent sand; 7 percent clay; 5 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) medium prominent irregular mottles; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 1 percent fine and medium irregular noncoherent cemented very dark brown (10YR 2/2) iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described;. 2 5-10mm bands 7.5YR5/6 -FS (2%clay)
    3C5—181 to 213 centimeters (71.3 to 83.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, moist; coarse sand; 94 percent sand; 3 percent clay; 5 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) medium prominent irregular mottles; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 1 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented very dark brown (10YR 2/2) iron-manganese masses throughout; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n.; moist when described;