IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): HARNEY
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957KS057002
  • User Pedon ID: S1957KS057002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1790
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35948
  • Print Date: 1/31/2025

    • 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: 37.8222618
  • Std. Longitude: -99.9009552
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26S
  • Range: 24W
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 1390 feet E and 1400 feet S of the NW corner
  • Location Description: About 7 miles NE of Dodge City.
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS057—Ford
  • MLRA: 73—Rolling Plains and Breaks
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS057—Ford County, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Henry T. Otsuki.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Typic Argiustolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - HARNEY
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Harney
  • Classificaton Date - 7/12/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/12/1957 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

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    792

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    508

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    12.2

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; weak and moderate fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14268
    B1—13 to 33 centimeters (5.1 to 13.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; hard, firm; clay films; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A14269. patchy - phpvsfiid 196393; patchy - phpvsfiid 196393
    B21t—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate and strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; distinct clay films; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A14270. continuous - phpvsfiid 196394; continuous - phpvsfiid 196394
    B22t—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; distinct clay films; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A14271. continuous - phpvsfiid 196395; continuous - phpvsfiid 196395
    B2ca—71 to 94 centimeters (28.0 to 37.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak and moderate medium prismatic, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; distinct clay films; 3 percent fine noncoherent cemented carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A14272. patchy - phpvsfiid 196396; patchy - phpvsfiid 196396
    B3ca—94 to 127 centimeters (37.0 to 50.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; clay films and carbonate coats on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A14273. patchy - phpvsfiid 196397; continuous - phpvsfiid 196398; patchy - phpvsfiid 196397; continuous - phpvsfiid 196398
    C1ca—127 to 147 centimeters (50.0 to 57.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; carbonate coats on faces of peds; 3 percent fine carbonate threads; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A14274. continuous - phpvsfiid 196399; continuous - phpvsfiid 196399
    C2ca—147 to 173 centimeters (57.9 to 68.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 1 percent fine carbonate threads; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A14275