IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hugoton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984KS189001
  • User Pedon ID: S1984KS189001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0665
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 54909
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024
  • 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: 37.3633347
  • Std. Longitude: -101.2600021
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS189—Stevens
  • MLRA: 77—Southern High Plains
  • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hugoton
  • PSC - 15 to 55 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/24/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Richfield
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1984
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified


  • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
  • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Bt2

    Bt3

    BCk

    C1

    C2

    C3

    22

    34

    55

    92

    132

    200

    34

    55

    92

    132

    200

    240

    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Bt2

    Bt3

    BCk

    C1

    C2

    C3

    22

    34

    55

    92

    132

    200

    34

    55

    92

    132

    200

    240

    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Bt2

    Bt3

    BCk

    C1

    C2

    C3

    22

    34

    55

    92

    132

    200

    34

    55

    92

    132

    200

    240

    2

    6

    9

    11

    6

    4

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—34

    15—92

    —34—

    —-

    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

    1

    928

    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 31 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 very fine roots throughout; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear boundary. Lab sample # 84P03655. many very fine roots throughout
    Bt1—15 to 22 centimeters (5.9 to 8.7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 38 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 2.5 very fine roots; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear boundary. Lab sample # 84P03656. common very fine roots
    Bt2—22 to 34 centimeters (8.7 to 13.4 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 35 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 2.5 very fine roots; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P03657. common very fine roots
    Bt3—34 to 55 centimeters (13.4 to 21.7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 32 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 2.5 very fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P03658. common very fine roots
    BCk—55 to 92 centimeters (21.7 to 36.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P03659. few very fine roots
    C1—92 to 132 centimeters (36.2 to 52.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, moist; silt loam; 23 percent clay; weak coarse massive; hard, firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P03660. few very fine roots
    C2—132 to 200 centimeters (52.0 to 78.7 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 27 percent clay; weak coarse massive; hard, firm; 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 84P03661. Breaks into very coarse prismatic structure.
    C3—200 to 240 centimeters (78.7 to 94.5 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 26 percent clay; fragments. Lab sample # 84P03662. Breaks into very coarse prismatic structure.