IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bavaria
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987KS169003
  • User Pedon ID: S1987KS169003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0236
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60357
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 38.8470833
  • Std. Longitude: -97.6886389
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14 S.
  • Range: 3 W.
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 1980 feet north and 560 feet west of the SW corner
  • Map Unit: Ba—BAVARIA-DETROIT COMPLEX, RARELY FLOODED3250—Bavaria-Detroit complex, rarely flooded
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS169—Saline
  • MLRA: 74—Central Kansas Sandstone Hills
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-SAL—Salina, Kansas
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS169—Saline County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38097-G6—Salina SW, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Cecil D. Palmer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Leptic Natrustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bavaria
  • PSC - 33 to 83 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/12/2014
  • Classifier - D. Kohake
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Detroit Saline
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Pachic Argiustoll
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landform: stream terrace on river valley
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: rare flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1987 (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
  • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap

    Btny

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    53

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    53

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    Cecil Palmer

    Cecil Palmer

    Cecil Palmer

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    6.6

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    8.4
    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

    Ap

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    5.9

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    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 %

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    3.53

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    1.96

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

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

    mollic epipedon

    natric horizon

    salt accumulations

    secondary carbonates

    0—89

    33—89

    33—53

    89—114

    —89—

    —56—

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    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

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; few very fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01277
    An—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; very hard, very firm; few fine roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary.
    Btny—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silty clay; weak medium columnar parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; few very fine roots between peds; faint clay films on all faces of peds; medium irregular gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P01278. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1275098; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1275098
    Btn—53 to 89 centimeters (20.9 to 35.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; few very fine roots between peds; faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01279. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1275099; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1275099
    Bkn—89 to 114 centimeters (35.0 to 44.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; fine prominent reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry, masses of oxidized iron; medium irregular carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary.
    Cy—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silty clay loam; structureless massive; hard, firm; fine prominent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dry, masses of oxidized iron; medium irregular gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n.