IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Richfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S00KS055011-pit
  • User Pedon ID: S00KS055011-pit
  • User Site Association ID: PRF Irrigation StudyPRF Irrigation Study Pits
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 01P0464
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 13152
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 38.1429083
  • Std. Longitude: -101.0669694
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22S
  • Range: 24W
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: NE1/4
  • Map Unit: Rm—RICHFIELD SILT 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

    • PEDON

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


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty calcareous loess
  • Landscape: tableland
  • Landform: plain
  • 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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—38

    38—114

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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

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    Ap1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; 10 percent sand; 54 percent silt; 36 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.0 very fine roots and 2.0 fine roots; fragments; 1 ESP; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 6.9, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Ap2—13 to 21 centimeters (5.1 to 8.3 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; 10 percent sand; 57 percent silt; 33 percent clay; weak medium platy structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.0 very fine roots and 2.0 fine roots; fragments; 1 ESP; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—21 to 38 centimeters (8.3 to 15.0 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; 8 percent sand; 56 percent silt; 36 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.0 very fine roots and 2.0 fine roots; 10 percent faint very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; 1 ESP; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 35008; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 35008
    Bt2—38 to 57 centimeters (15.0 to 22.4 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silty clay loam; 11 percent sand; 51 percent silt; 38 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 2.0 very fine roots and 2.0 fine roots; 15 percent faint dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; 1 ESP; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 35009; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 35009
    Btk1—57 to 83 centimeters (22.4 to 32.7 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; 7 percent sand; 57 percent silt; 36 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 3 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 2 percent fine carbonate nodules; fragments; 1 ESP; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 35010; patchy - phpvsfiid 35010
    Btk2—83 to 114 centimeters (32.7 to 44.9 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silty clay loam; 6 percent sand; 65 percent silt; 29 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 2 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 2 percent carbonate masses and 15 percent medium carbonate nodules; fragments; 1 ESP; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 35011; patchy - phpvsfiid 35011
    Bk1—114 to 163 centimeters (44.9 to 64.2 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silt loam; 7 percent sand; 67 percent silt; 27 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 10 percent fine carbonate masses; fragments; 1 ESP; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bk2—163 to 200 centimeters (64.2 to 78.7 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silt loam; 9 percent sand; 67 percent silt; 25 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 7 percent carbonate masses and 2 percent fine carbonate nodules; fragments; 2 ESP; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, pH meter.; moist when described; observed in pit, small