IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vona
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S00KS055001-pit
  • User Pedon ID: S00KS055001-pit
  • User Site Association ID: PRF Irrigation StudyPRF Irrigation Study Pits
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 01P0462
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 13150
  • 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: 37.7648861
  • Std. Longitude: -100.9694417
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26S
  • Range: 33W
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: NE1/4
  • Map Unit: Vo—VONA LOAMY FINE SAND, 1 TO 5 PERCENT SLOPES
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS055—Finney
  • MLRA: 72—Central High Tableland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS055—Finney County, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DeAnn Ricks
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Haplustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Vona
  • Classificaton Date - 9/29/2011
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Vona-irrigated
  • Classificaton Date - 11/27/2000
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy eolian sands over loamy calcareous loess
  • Landscape: tableland
  • Landform: dune on sand sheet
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: flat
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/27/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • 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—17

    13—66

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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
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    Ap—0 to 17 centimeters (0.0 to 6.7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loamy fine sand; 88 percent sand; 7 percent silt; 6 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; 4 ESP; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 6.7, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—17 to 33 centimeters (6.7 to 13.0 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; 75 percent sand; 13 percent silt; 12 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; clay bridges; fragments; 3 ESP; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 34972; continuous - phpvsfiid 34972
    Bt2—33 to 54 centimeters (13.0 to 21.3 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; loamy fine sand; 83 percent sand; 8 percent silt; 10 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; clay bridges; fragments; 4 ESP; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 34973; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 34973
    Btk—54 to 66 centimeters (21.3 to 26.0 inches);, grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; very fine sandy loam; 67 percent sand; 19 percent silt; 14 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; 3 ESP; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Originally thought to contain illuvial organic matter, but was actually a former surface horizon.
    Ckb1—66 to 80 centimeters (26.0 to 31.5 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; loamy fine sand; 79 percent sand; 12 percent silt; 9 percent clay; structureless massive; slightly hard, very friable; ; fragments; 3 ESP; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Ckb2—80 to 87 centimeters (31.5 to 34.3 inches);, grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; sand; 92 percent sand; 4 percent silt; 4 percent clay; structureless massive; slightly hard, very friable; ; fragments; 6 ESP; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Ckb3—87 to 95 centimeters (34.3 to 37.4 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 59 percent sand; 26 percent silt; 15 percent clay; structureless massive; slightly hard, very friable; ; fragments; 2 ESP; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bkb1—95 to 115 centimeters (37.4 to 45.3 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loamy fine sand; 84 percent sand; 11 percent silt; 6 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 10 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry, carbonate masses; fragments; 4 ESP; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bkb2—115 to 152 centimeters (45.3 to 59.8 inches);, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 74 percent sand; 14 percent silt; 12 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 2 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry, carbonate masses; fragments; 3 ESP; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2Bkb—152 to 180 centimeters (59.8 to 70.9 inches);, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; loam; 26 percent sand; 48 percent silt; 26 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 10 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry, carbonate nodules; fragments; 2 ESP; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small