IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): FARNUM
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958KS155009
  • User Pedon ID: S1958KS155009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1786
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35944
  • Print Date: 9/20/2024

    • 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: 37.9633331
  • Std. Longitude: -98.0100021
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24S
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 1668 feet E and 20 feet N of W 1/4 Corner
  • Location Description: About 9 miles SW 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-loamy, mixed, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - FARNUM
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Farnum
  • Classificaton Date - 5/8/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/8/1958 (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 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; weak granular structure; very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A14229
    A1—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; loam; moderate medium platy parts to weak granular structure; friable; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A14230. Grades through 2 inches.
    B1—25 to 53 centimeters (9.8 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy clay loam; weak granular structure; friable; 3.0 pores; clay films; 21 percent worm casts; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A14231. Grades through 4 inches.; patchy - phpvsfiid 186390; patchy - phpvsfiid 186390
    B21t—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sandy clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and angular blocky structure; very firm; 21.0 tubular pores; distinct clay films; 21 percent worm casts; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A14232. Pores are open; grades through 4 inches.; continuous - phpvsfiid 186391; continuous - phpvsfiid 186391
    B22t—74 to 97 centimeters (29.1 to 38.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; moderate and strong medium subangular blocky structure; extremely firm*; 0.5 tubular pores; distinct clay films; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A14233. Grades through 4 inches.; continuous - phpvsfiid 186392; continuous - phpvsfiid 186392
    B23t—97 to 142 centimeters (38.2 to 55.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; clay; 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate and strong medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 21.0 tubular pores; distinct clay films; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A14234. Grades through 4 inches.; continuous - phpvsfiid 186393; continuous - phpvsfiid 186393
    B3—142 to 198 centimeters (55.9 to 78.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; clay; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky, and angular blocky structure; very firm; 21.0 tubular pores; distinct clay films; 21 percent threadlike noncoherent cemented carbonate masses and 21 percent fine noncoherent cemented carbonate concretions; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A14235. patchy - phpvsfiid 186394; patchy - phpvsfiid 186394
    Cca—198 to 249 centimeters (78.0 to 98.0 inches); yellow (10YR 7/6), brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist; sandy clay loam; firm; 21 percent coarse noncoherent cemented carbonate concretions and 1 percent medium weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A14236. Augered
    C—249 to 274 centimeters (98.0 to 107.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; sandy clay loam; friable; 1 percent fine noncoherent cemented carbonate concretions and 1 percent fine weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A14237. Augered.