IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): NEW CAMBRIA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981KS123001
  • User Pedon ID: S1981KS123001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0650
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49494
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • 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: 39.4113884
  • Std. Longitude: -98.0036087
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7S
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 398 meters N and 38 meters E of the SW corner
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS123—Mitchell
  • MLRA: 73—Rolling Plains and Breaks
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS123—Mitchell County, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. E. Mayhugh
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic (calcareous), mesic Cumulic Haplustolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - NEW CAMBRIA
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - New Cambria
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Cumulic Haplustoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1981
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1981 (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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    427

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    12

    25

    -2

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    AP—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; hard when dry, firm; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P03871
    A1—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium platy structure; very hard, very firm; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P03872
    BW1—23 to 53 centimeters (9.1 to 20.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P03873
    BW2—53 to 94 centimeters (20.9 to 37.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P03874
    BW3—94 to 114 centimeters (37.0 to 44.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P03875
    C1—114 to 147 centimeters (44.9 to 57.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist; very fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) organic stains in root channels and/or pores; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P03876
    C2—147 to 165 centimeters (57.9 to 65.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; massive; very hard, very firm; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 81P03877