IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ulysses

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1989KS081006

User Pedon ID: S1989KS081006

User Site Association ID: mlra72-Ulysses labOLDmlra72-Ulysses lab pedons

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 89P0741

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61841

Print Date: 1/29/2025

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: 37.4273083

Std. Longitude: -101.0335694

Datum: WGS84

Township: 30S

Range: 34W

Section: 22

PLSS Details: 1505 feet S and 400 feet E of the NW corner

Map Unit: 1761—Richfield silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes

State: Kansas

County: KS081—Haskell

MLRA: 72—Central High Tableland

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS081—Haskell County, Kansas

PEDON

Describers Name: C.E. Watts and B. Tricks

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Haplustolls

Current Taxon Kind: family

Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description

Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data

Pedon #: 6

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Ulysses

Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Haplustolls

Taxon Kind - family

PSC - 25 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 2/2/2016

Classifier - Tom Cochran

Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition

Moisture Class - ustic

Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 1

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

QC Status: level 3

QA Status: level 3

SITE

Landscape: tableland

Landform: rise

Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land

Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve

Hill Slope Profile: summit

Slope Position: upper third

Runoff: negligible

Drainage Class: well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: yes

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 8/1/1989 (actual site observation date)

Air Photo ID: 43

Microrelief Elevation: 1

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
mollic epipedon cambic horizon free carbonates secondary carbonates lithologic discontinuity lithologic discontinuity secondary carbonates lithologic discontinuity	0—23 23—58 30—480 58—104 105—180 180—229 229—340 441—480	—23— —35— —450— —46— —75— —49— —111— —39—

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
2	—	—	903	—	45	46	—	—	13	—	—	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Ap1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; many fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P4249

Ap2—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silt loam; weak fine prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; many fine roots throughout; common very fine tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P4250; dry when described;

A—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; few fine roots throughout; common fine tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P4251

Bw—30 to 58 centimeters (11.8 to 22.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; few very fine roots throughout; common fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P4252. effervescence is continuous

Bk1—58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; few fine roots throughout; common very fine tubular pores; 11 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P4253. effervescence is continuous

Bk2—79 to 104 centimeters (31.1 to 40.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silt loam; weak fine angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; few very fine roots throughout; 11 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P4254. effervescence is continuous

2Bw1—104 to 180 centimeters (40.9 to 70.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; few very fine roots throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P4255. effervescence is continuous

3Bw2—180 to 229 centimeters (70.9 to 90.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; weak medium angular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; few fine roots throughout; common fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P4256. effervescence is continuous

3Bk1—229 to 251 centimeters (90.2 to 98.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; common fine roots throughout; few very fine tubular pores; 11 percent fine irregular carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P4257. effervescence is continuous

3Bk2—251 to 295 centimeters (98.8 to 116.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; few very fine roots throughout; common medium tubular pores; 11 percent fine irregular carbonate masses and 11 percent medium irregular carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P4258. effervescence is continuous

3Bk3—295 to 330 centimeters (116.1 to 129.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; loam; slightly hard, very friable; 11 percent fine irregular carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P4259. effervescence is continuous

3Bk4—330 to 340 centimeters (129.9 to 133.9 inches); 80 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/4) and 20 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), 80 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) and 20 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; very fine sandy loam; slightly hard, very friable; common very fine tubular pores; 11 percent fine irregular carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P4260. effervescence is continuous

3C1—340 to 363 centimeters (133.9 to 142.9 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; very fine sandy loam; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P4261. effervescence is continuous

3C2—363 to 442 centimeters (142.9 to 174.0 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; loamy fine sand; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P4262. effervescence is continuous

4Bw—442 to 480 centimeters (174.0 to 189.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; faint light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) coats; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P4263. effervescence is continuous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1039704; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1039704