IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nebel
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: I2010KS055001
  • User Pedon ID: I2010KS055001
  • User Site Association ID: 5-SAL_MIR_Pedons
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 7207KS055-1254-1
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N1324
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37573
  • 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: 38.2407778
  • Std. Longitude: -100.9100833
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21s
  • Range: 33w
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 519 meters north and 696 meters west of the southeast corner
  • Map Unit: 1254—Lebsack silty clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS055—Finney
  • MLRA: 72—Central High Tableland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS055—Finney County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38100-B8—Tennis, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Tom Cochran, Laura Bricknell, Bob Tricks, John Warner
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Natrustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nebel
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Natrustolls
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/22/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landscape: tableland
  • Landform: closed depression
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: rare ponding for brief periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/22/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 3
  • Hydrology Status: unaltered
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous 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

    redox concentrations

    natric horizon

    gypsum accumulations

    secondary carbonates

    lithologic discontinuity

    lithologic discontinuity

    lithologic discontinuity

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—25

    25—137

    55—220

    55—137

    55—220

    55—220

    73—

    137—

    175—

    198—

    —25—

    —112—

    —165—

    —82—

    —165—

    —165—

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-
    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

    0

    —

    —

    879

    —

    0

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Ap1—0 to 11 centimeters (0.0 to 4.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face, moist; silt loam; 18 percent clay; moderate coarse granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N06343; observed in pit, small. sodic
    Ap2—11 to 25 centimeters (4.3 to 9.8 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; silt loam; 26 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak coarse granular structure; soft, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N06344; observed in pit, small. sodic
    Bt—25 to 55 centimeters (9.8 to 21.7 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 35 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.9, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N06345; observed in pit, small. sodic; patchy - phpvsfiid 1601134; patchy - phpvsfiid 1601134
    Btkny1—55 to 73 centimeters (21.7 to 28.7 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, moist; silty clay; 45 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; slow permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent faint clay films on top faces of peds and 10 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), dry, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 2 percent fine irregular gypsum masses in matrix and 1 percent fine irregular carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N06346; observed in pit, small. sodic; continuous - phpvsfiid 1601129; continuous - phpvsfiid 1601130; continuous - phpvsfiid 1601129; continuous - phpvsfiid 1601130
    2Btkny2—73 to 111 centimeters (28.7 to 43.7 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 8.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent distinct skeletans on vertical faces of peds and 15 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 2 percent fine irregular gypsum masses in matrix and 2 percent medium irregular carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N06347; observed in pit, small. sodic; The skeletans described are fine and very fine sand grains that have no coatings. The areas of these grains are patchy and along the vertical faces of the peds. These grains were visible without the aid of magnification. Adjacent areas had fine earth coatings.; patchy - phpvsfiid 1601135; continuous - phpvsfiid 1601136; patchy - phpvsfiid 1601135; continuous - phpvsfiid 1601136
    2Btkny3—111 to 137 centimeters (43.7 to 53.9 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, moist; silt loam; 24 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; 6.0 very fine low-continuity tubular and 2.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 8 percent fine prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 2 percent fine irregular gypsum masses in matrix and 1 percent fine irregular carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N06348; observed in pit, small. sodic; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1601131; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1601131
    3Bkny1—137 to 157 centimeters (53.9 to 61.8 inches);, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face, moist; silt loam; 22 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 1.0 very fine low-continuity tubular and 2.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 3 percent fine prominent irregular brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 2 percent fine irregular gypsum masses in matrix and 2 percent fine irregular carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.5, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N06349; observed in pit, small. sodic
    3Bkny2—157 to 175 centimeters (61.8 to 68.9 inches);, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face, moist; silt loam; 22 percent clay; moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; 3.0 very fine low-continuity tubular and 1.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent fine prominent irregular brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 5 percent medium irregular gypsum masses in matrix and 2 percent medium irregular carbonate nodules in matrix and 5 percent medium irregular carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N06350; observed in pit, small. sodic
    4Btkny—175 to 198 centimeters (68.9 to 78.0 inches);, gray (2.5Y 5/1) broken face, moist; silt loam; 24 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 2.0 very fine and fine low-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine prominent irregular masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate masses in matrix and 2 percent medium irregular gypsum masses in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.9, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N06351; observed in pit, small. This horizon had a small snail shell in it.; sodic; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1601132; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1601132
    5Bkny—198 to 220 centimeters (78.0 to 86.6 inches);, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 34 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 2 percent distinct skeletans on vertical faces of peds; 8 percent fine irregular brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 15 percent coarse irregular gypsum masses in matrix and 2 percent coarse irregular carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, pH meter. Lab sample # 10N06352; observed in pit, small. sodic; patchy - phpvsfiid 1601133; patchy - phpvsfiid 1601133