IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Poxmash
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 96KS155443R
  • User Pedon ID: 96KS155443R
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 96KS155443R
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41108
  • 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: 37.8675842
  • Std. Longitude: -98.0341110
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 0240'S & 0700'W of NE 24-25-7
  • State: Kansas
  • MLRA: 79—Great Bend Sand Plains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: LAG,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 - Poxmash
  • PSC - 23 to 51 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/10/1996
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 121.92 cm of Depth to bedrock and 14 percent of Percent clay in the control section and Pediment in River Valleys and Depth to lithological discontinuity (inches)


    • SITE

  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: pediment
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: shale, unspecified
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/10/1996 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: O_080
  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

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    0—23

    23—51

    —23—

    —28—

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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

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    457

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    270

    737

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; sandy loam; 13 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1319; moist when described;
    A—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, dry; sandy loam; 14 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 2.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1320; moist when described;
    Bt1—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dry; sandy loam; 17 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 3 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1321; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 45353; patchy - phpvsfiid 45353
    Bt2—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; sandy loam; 10 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 10 percent faint clay bridges between sand grains; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1322; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 45354; patchy - phpvsfiid 45354
    C1—51 to 81 centimeters (20.1 to 31.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior, dry; 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; moderately acid, pH 5.9, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1323; moist when described;
    C2—81 to 122 centimeters (31.9 to 48.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, very pale brown (10YR 8/3) interior, dry; sand; 1 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately acid, pH 5.9, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1324; moist when described;
    2Cr—122 to 203 centimeters (48.0 to 79.9 inches); weathered bedrock; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n.