IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): BETHANY
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958KS155004
  • User Pedon ID: S1958KS155004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1958KS155004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1776
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35934
  • Print Date: 4/26/2025

    • 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: 37.9088898
  • Std. Longitude: -97.8838882
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25S
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 1020 feet S and 206 feet E of NW 1/4 Corner
  • Location Description: about 10 miles SSE 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
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - BETHANY
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bethany
  • Classificaton Date - 5/6/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/6/1958 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    TRITI

    Triticum

    wheat

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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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    457

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    711

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam, loam; weak granular structure; friable; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A14143
    A3—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silty clay loam; strong fine granular structure; friable; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A14144. Grades through 3 inches.
    B1—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silty clay loam; strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm; clay films; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A14145. Few fine and very fine sand grains. Grades through 3 inches.; patchy - phpvsfiid 186366; patchy - phpvsfiid 186366
    B21t—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, moist; clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 tubular pores; distinct clay films; 1 percent fine iron concretions; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A14146. Grades through 4 inches.; continuous - phpvsfiid 186367; continuous - phpvsfiid 186367
    B22t—58 to 97 centimeters (22.8 to 38.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 tubular pores; distinct clay films and 10 percent slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A14147. Slickensides have area up to 2 sq. inches; fine vertical old cracks filled with darker material from above. Grades through 6 inches.; continuous - phpvsfiid 186368; continuous - phpvsfiid 186368
    B23t—97 to 124 centimeters (38.2 to 48.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; clay; weak fine angular blocky structure; very firm; clay films and 10 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A14148. Slickensides with area up to 1 sq. inch; grades through 6 inches.; continuous - phpvsfiid 186370; continuous - phpvsfiid 186370
    B31ca—124 to 185 centimeters (48.8 to 72.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; silty clay loam; weak and moderate fine subangular blocky, and angular blocky structure; firm; clay films; 3 percent fine carbonate concretions and 3 percent very coarse carbonate concretions; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A14149. Concretions range from soft to hard and fine to very coarse. Grades through 8 inches.; patchy - phpvsfiid 186372; patchy - phpvsfiid 186372
    B32ca—185 to 244 centimeters (72.8 to 96.1 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), moist; silty clay loam; 3 percent coarse noncoherent cemented carbonate concretions and 3 percent fine noncoherent cemented carbonate concretions; fragments. Lab sample # 40A14150. Augered.