IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): KUMA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981KS179001
  • User Pedon ID: S1981KS179001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0653
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49497
  • 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: 39.3861122
  • Std. Longitude: -100.5888901
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8S
  • Range: 29W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 780 meters N and 90 meters E of the SW corner
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS179—Sheridan
  • MLRA: 72—Central High Tableland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS179—Sheridan County, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - KUMA
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kuma
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic, Pachic Argiustoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1981
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: 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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    914

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    11

    24

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    AP—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P03887
    AB—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P03888
    BT1—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P03889
    BT2—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P03890
    AB—64 to 81 centimeters (25.2 to 31.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P03891
    ACKB—81 to 97 centimeters (31.9 to 38.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; strong effervescence; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 81P03892
    CK—97 to 119 centimeters (38.2 to 46.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, friable; fragments; strong effervescence; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P03893
    C—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, friable; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 81P03894