IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Buffalo Park
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989KS081010
  • User Pedon ID: S1989KS081010
  • User Site Association ID: mlra72-Ulysses labOLD
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0735
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61835
  • 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: 37.4167056
  • Std. Longitude: -101.0339444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 30S
  • Range: 34W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 265 feet E and 100 feet S of the NW corner
  • Map Unit: 1713—Otero-Ulysses complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS081—Haskell
  • MLRA: 72—Central High Tableland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS081—Haskell County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37101-D1—Ryus, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C.E. Watts
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Haplustepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Buffalo Park
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Haplustepts
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • 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

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from igneous and metamorphic rock and/or loess derived from sedimentary rock
  • Landscape: tableland
  • Landform: rise
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Runoff: medium
  • 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: 48
  • 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 Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    free carbonates

    secondary carbonates

    cambic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    lithologic discontinuity

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—9

    23—262

    23—231

    23—66

    66—152

    152—230

    230—310

    —9—

    —239—

    —208—

    —43—

    —86—

    —78—

    —80—
    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

    —

    —

    902.2

    —

    46

    —

    —

    13

    —

    —

    14

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Ap—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 medium roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P4139. many medium roots throughout
    BA—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 medium roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 89P4140. common medium roots throughout
    Bk1—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable; 11 percent medium irregular carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P4141. common medium soft masses of carbonate concentrations; effervescence is continuous
    Bk2—38 to 66 centimeters (15.0 to 26.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 11 percent medium irregular carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P4142. common medium soft masses of carbonate concentrations; effervescence is discontinuous
    2Bk3—66 to 94 centimeters (26.0 to 37.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout; 11 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate masses and 11 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate threads; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 89P4143. common fine and medium soft masses of carbonate concentrations; common fine and medium carbonate threads concentrations; many fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    2Bk4—94 to 124 centimeters (37.0 to 48.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable; 11 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate threads and 11 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P4144. common fine and medium soft masses of carbonate concentrations; common fine and medium carbonate threads concentrations; effervescence is continuous
    2Bk5—124 to 140 centimeters (48.8 to 55.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 11 percent fine irregular carbonate threads; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 89P4145. common fine carbonate threads concentrations; effervescence is continuous
    2Bk6—140 to 152 centimeters (55.1 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; silty clay loam; hard, friable; 2.5 fine roots throughout; 11 percent fine irregular carbonate threads and 1 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P4146. common fine carbonate threads concentrations; few fine and medium soft masses of carbonate concentrations; common fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    3Ab—152 to 163 centimeters (59.8 to 64.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 11 percent fine irregular carbonate threads; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P4147. common fine carbonate threads concentrations; effervescence is continuous
    3ABb—163 to 180 centimeters (64.2 to 70.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 very fine roots between peds; 11 percent fine irregular carbonate threads; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P4148. common fine carbonate threads concentrations; common very fine roots between peds; effervescence is continuous
    3Bkb1—180 to 201 centimeters (70.9 to 79.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; silty clay loam; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 11 percent fine irregular carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P4149. common fine carbonate threads concentrations; few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    3Bkb2—201 to 231 centimeters (79.1 to 90.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay loam; slightly hard, friable; 11 percent fine irregular carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P4150. common fine carbonate threads concentrations; effervescence is continuous
    4Ab—231 to 262 centimeters (90.9 to 103.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P4151. effervescence is continuous
    4C1—262 to 287 centimeters (103.1 to 113.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silty clay loam; slightly hard, friable; 1 percent irregular carbonate threads; fragments. Lab sample # 89P4152. few very fine and fine carbonate threads concentrations
    4C2—287 to 310 centimeters (113.0 to 122.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; silty clay loam; soft, friable; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 89P4153. effervescence is discontinuous