IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bigbow
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993KS129007
  • User Pedon ID: S1993KS129007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0556
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65899
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 37.1733322
  • Std. Longitude: -101.5658340
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 33S
  • Range: 39W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 2400 feet west and 800 feet north of the southeast corner
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS129—Morton
  • MLRA: 77A—Southern High Plains, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS129—Morton County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37101-B5—Rolla NE, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bobby Tricks, Donna Porter and Mickey Ransom
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Haplustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bigbow (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 28 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/3/2013
  • Classifier - Steven McGowen
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bigbow
  • Classificaton Date - 5/27/1993
  • 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

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: terrace
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/27/1993 (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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    calcic horizon

    0—28

    28—105

    58—202

    105—202

    —28—

    —77—

    —144—

    —97—
    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

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    —

    975

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    90

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    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P04072; observed in push tube
    Bt—28 to 58 centimeters (11.0 to 22.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 21.0 fine moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; faint dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P04073; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 389030; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 389030
    2Btk1—58 to 105 centimeters (22.8 to 41.3 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 21.0 fine moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 3 percent medium irregular white (10YR 8/1) carbonate masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P04074; observed in push tube
    2Btk2—105 to 137 centimeters (41.3 to 53.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 fine roots between peds; 21.0 fine and medium discontinuous tubular pores; 3 percent fine cylindrical white (10YR 8/1) carbonate threads throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P04075; observed in push tube
    2Btk3—137 to 165 centimeters (53.9 to 65.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots between peds; 21.0 fine and medium discontinuous tubular pores; 10 percent distinct carbonate coats on faces of peds; 3 percent fine spherical white (10YR 8/1) carbonate threads throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P04076; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 389031; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 389031
    2Btk4—165 to 202 centimeters (65.0 to 79.5 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots between peds; 21.0 fine and medium discontinuous tubular pores; 10 percent distinct carbonate coats on faces of peds; 3 percent fine spherical carbonate threads; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P04077; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 389032; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 389032
    3Bk1—202 to 248 centimeters (79.5 to 97.6 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; sandy loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 3 percent fine spherical carbonate threads and 3 percent medium and coarse spherical carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P04078; observed in push tube
    3Bk1—248 to 281 centimeters (97.6 to 110.6 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3 percent medium and coarse irregular carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P04079; observed in push tube
    4Bk3—281 to 304 centimeters (110.6 to 119.7 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; loam; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine and medium discontinuous tubular pores; 3 percent fine and medium spherical carbonate threads; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P04080; observed in push tube
    5C1—304 to 348 centimeters (119.7 to 137.0 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; sandy loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3 percent medium irregular carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P04081; observed in push tube
    5C2—348 to 391 centimeters (137.0 to 153.9 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; sand; weak medium single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3 percent medium irregular carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 93P04082; observed in push tube