IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Eltree
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010KS167001
  • User Pedon ID: S10KS167001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0480
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 28276
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 38.9501953
  • Std. Longitude: -98.6630020
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13S
  • Range: 12W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 2394 feet north and 1925 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: About 4 1/2 miles north and 2 1/2 miles east of Bunker Hill.
  • Map Unit: Et—ELTREE SILT LOAM, 0 TO 3 PERCENT SLOPES2605—Eltree silt loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS167—Russell
  • MLRA: 73—Rolling Plains and Breaks
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS167—Russell County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38098-H6—Dorrance NW, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. Bricknell, R. Still
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Eltree
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Haplustolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/19/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty colluvium over fine-loamy alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: paleoterrace
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/19/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 33
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown 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

    secondary carbonates

    cambic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—81

    81—202

    81—162

    162—202

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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

    0.5

    —

    —

    468

    —

    100

    686

    —

    —

    12.2

    25

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    —

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    Ap—0 to 17 centimeters (0.0 to 6.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; 8 percent sand; 31 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N01957; observed in pit, small
    A1—17 to 37 centimeters (6.7 to 14.6 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, black (10YR 2/1) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; 11 percent sand; 31 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N01958; observed in pit, small
    2A2—37 to 66 centimeters (14.6 to 26.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) exterior, black (10YR 2/1) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; 8 percent sand; 31 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to strong fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated ? to 3-? millimeter quartzite fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N01959; observed in pit, small
    2Bw—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; 8 percent sand; 33 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded moderately coherent cemented ? to 4-? millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N01960; observed in pit, small
    2Bk1—81 to 110 centimeters (31.9 to 43.3 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior, brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; 8 percent sand; 34 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent fine prominent threadlike weakly coherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, carbonate masses with clear boundaries throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded moderately coherent cemented ? to 3-? millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N01961; observed in pit, small
    2Bk2—110 to 133 centimeters (43.3 to 52.4 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior, brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; 11 percent sand; 34 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent fine prominent threadlike weakly coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses with clear boundaries throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded moderately coherent cemented ? to 3-? millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N01962; observed in pit, small
    2Bk3—133 to 162 centimeters (52.4 to 63.8 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) exterior, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; 15 percent sand; 34 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 6.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 8 percent fine prominent threadlike weakly coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses with clear boundaries throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat rounded moderately coherent cemented ? to 3-? millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N01963; observed in pit, small
    3Bk4—162 to 185 centimeters (63.8 to 72.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior, moist; clay loam; 20 percent sand; 29 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent fine prominent threadlike weakly coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N01964; observed in pit, small
    3Bk5—185 to 202 centimeters (72.8 to 79.5 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior, moist; sandy clay loam; 52 percent sand; 24 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent fine prominent threadlike weakly coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses with clear boundaries throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented ? to 10-? millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 10N01965; observed in pit, small