IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): CRETE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981KS157001
  • User Pedon ID: S1981KS157001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0507
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49351
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 39.8346100
  • Std. Longitude: -97.8385010
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 15 meters S and 15 meters W of the NE corner of the SE 1/4
  • Location Description: North Central Kansas Irrigation Experiment Farm
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS157—Republic
  • MLRA: 75—Central Loess Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS157—Republic County, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. F. Ratliff
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - CRETE
  • PSC - 33 to 89 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - CRETE
  • Classificaton Date - 7/9/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/9/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P02970
    A12—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P02971
    B21T—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P02972
    B22T—53 to 89 centimeters (20.9 to 35.0 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P02973
    B3CA—89 to 112 centimeters (35.0 to 44.1 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint and 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine and medium faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P02974
    C—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine and medium and 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; massive; hard when dry, friable; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 81P02975
    C—152 to 191 centimeters (59.8 to 75.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 81P02976. Horizon depths are 112 to 191 cm. Split for sampling at 152 cm.