IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Belfon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • Local Phase: loam
  • User Site ID: S1993KS129002
  • User Pedon ID: S1993KS129002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0545
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65888
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 37.0186119
  • Std. Longitude: -101.5566635
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 35S
  • Range: 39W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 2300 feet south and 350 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: 6 miles south and 4 miles east of Rolla.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS129—Morton
  • MLRA: 77A—Southern High Plains, Northern Part
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SC-WOD—Woodward, Oklahoma
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS129—Morton County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37101-A6—Rolla, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Cleveland Watts, Steve Graber, Steve Heriman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Belfon (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/13/2019
  • Classifier - Steven McGowen
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Belfon
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/24/1993
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty loess over eolian sands
  • Landscape: High plains
  • Landform: sand sheet
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/24/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    secondary carbonates

    calcic horizon

    0—38

    20—71

    71—259

    71—183

    152—170

    —38—

    —51—

    —188—

    —112—

    —22—
    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

    —

    —

    1080

    —

    90

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Ap1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; weak fine platy parts to weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P03958
    Ap2—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, moist; loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P03959
    Bt1—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 10 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P03960. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 389039; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 389039
    Bt2—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P03961. continuous - phpvsfiid 389040; continuous - phpvsfiid 389040
    Bt3—58 to 71 centimeters (22.8 to 28.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P03962. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 389041; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 389041
    2Btkb1—71 to 99 centimeters (28.0 to 39.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P03963. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 389042; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 389042
    2Btkb2—99 to 119 centimeters (39.0 to 46.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P03964. continuous - phpvsfiid 389043; continuous - phpvsfiid 389043
    2Btkb3—119 to 137 centimeters (46.9 to 53.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent distinct silt coats on faces of peds and 10 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P03965. continuous - phpvsfiid 389044; patchy - phpvsfiid 389045; continuous - phpvsfiid 389044; patchy - phpvsfiid 389045
    2Btkb4—137 to 152 centimeters (53.9 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 1 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate masses throughout and 3 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate threads throughout; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P03966. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 389046; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 389046
    2Btkb5—152 to 170 centimeters (59.8 to 66.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate threads throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P03967. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 389047; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 389047
    2Btkb6—170 to 183 centimeters (66.9 to 72.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate threads throughout and 1 percent medium and coarse irregular carbonate masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 93P03968. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 389048; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 389048
    3C1—183 to 228 centimeters (72.0 to 89.8 inches); yellow (10YR 7/6), brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P03969
    3C2—228 to 259 centimeters (89.8 to 102.0 inches); yellow (10YR 7/6), brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist; fine sand; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate masses throughout; fragments. Lab sample # 93P03970