IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shellabarger
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 96KS155412
  • User Pedon ID: 96KS155412
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - L
  • Lab Pedon # - 97P0095
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68570
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 37.8013611
  • Std. Longitude: -98.0695556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26 S
  • Range: 7 W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 1800 feet S and 1675 feet W of the NE corner
  • Location Description: About 3 miles west and 1.5 miles north of Pretty Prairie, Kansas.
  • Map Unit: 5954—Shellabarger loamy sand, 0 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
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive Udic Haplustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shellabarger
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive Udic Haplustalfs
  • PSC - 37 to 87 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/31/1996
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 99 centimeters of depth to sand and 13 percent of control section clay and 44 degrees F of Soil temperature (degrees F) at 12 inches and 48 degrees F of Soil temperature (degrees F) at 20 inches


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/31/1996 (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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—37

    37—99

    —37—

    —62—
    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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    482

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    270

    737

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    Ap1—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; loamy sand; 5 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    Ap2—9 to 25 centimeters (3.5 to 9.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; loamy sand; 7 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    A—25 to 37 centimeters (9.8 to 14.6 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; sandy loam; 11 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    Bt1—37 to 55 centimeters (14.6 to 21.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; 21 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; 15 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 15 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist, clay bridges between sand grains; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 45242; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 45241; patchy - phpvsfiid 45242; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 45241
    Bt2—55 to 82 centimeters (21.7 to 32.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/3) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; 23 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 10 percent faint clay bridges between sand grains and 15 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 45244; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 45243; patchy - phpvsfiid 45244; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 45243
    Bt3—82 to 99 centimeters (32.3 to 39.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; sandy loam; 17 percent clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 20 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 45245; patchy - phpvsfiid 45245
    C1—99 to 139 centimeters (39.0 to 54.7 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; loamy sand; 5 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described;. layer not sampled
    C2—139 to 200 centimeters (54.7 to 78.7 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, moist; sand; 1 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n.; moist when described;. layer not sampled; a few 1-2 inch clay lenses 10YR5/4 SIC (41% clay)