IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): BETHANY
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958KS155003
  • User Pedon ID: S1958KS155003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1775
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35933
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 37.8722229
  • Std. Longitude: -97.8402786
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25S
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 330 feet W and 1320 feet N of S 1/4 corner
  • Location Description: About 12 miles SE of Hutchinson.
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS155—Reno
  • MLRA: 80A—Central Rolling Red Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS155—Reno County, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. J. Rockers and H. T. Otsuki.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, thermic Pachic Paleustolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - BETHANY
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bethany
  • Classificaton Date - 5/5/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/5/1958 (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
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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; weak granular structure; friable; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A14134
    A3—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate and strong fine and medium granular structure; friable; clay films; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A14135. Grades through 3 inches.; patchy - phpvsfiid 186356; patchy - phpvsfiid 186356
    B1—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, moist; clay; strong fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 fine tubular pores; clay films; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A14136. Pores are root channels; grades through 3 inches.; continuous - phpvsfiid 186357; continuous - phpvsfiid 186357
    B21t—41 to 69 centimeters (16.1 to 27.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, moist; clay; moderate very fine and fine angular blocky structure; very firm; distinct clay films and 10 percent slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A14137. Grades through 4 inches.; continuous - phpvsfiid 186358; continuous - phpvsfiid 186358
    B22t—69 to 91 centimeters (27.2 to 35.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, moist; clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 roots throughout; distinct clay films and 10 percent slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A14138. Slickensides up to 1 sq. inch area; grades through 6 inches.; continuous - phpvsfiid 186360; continuous - phpvsfiid 186360
    B23t—91 to 114 centimeters (35.8 to 44.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; very firm; distinct clay films; 1 percent fine weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A14139. Grades through 6 inches.; continuous - phpvsfiid 186362; continuous - phpvsfiid 186362
    B31ca—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) crushed, moist; clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and angular blocky structure; very firm; clay films; 3 percent fine weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions and 3 percent very coarse noncoherent cemented carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A14140. Grades through 7 inches.; patchy - phpvsfiid 186363; patchy - phpvsfiid 186363
    B32ca—152 to 193 centimeters (59.8 to 76.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) crushed, moist; clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and angular blocky structure; firm; clay films; 3 percent fine weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions and 3 percent very coarse noncoherent cemented carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A14141. Grades through 6 inches.; patchy - phpvsfiid 186364; patchy - phpvsfiid 186364
    Cca—193 to 251 centimeters (76.0 to 98.8 inches);, reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) and yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and angular blocky structure; firm; clay films; 3 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A14142. Large seams of CaCO3.; patchy - phpvsfiid 186365; patchy - phpvsfiid 186365