IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Belfon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • Local Phase: loam
  • User Site ID: S1993KS129008
  • User Pedon ID: S1993KS129008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0557
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65900
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 37.0030556
  • Std. Longitude: -101.6411133
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 35S
  • Range: 40W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 2500 feet north and 1300 feet east of the southwest corner
  • 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: B. Tricks, M. Ransom, D. Porter
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Belfon
  • PSC - 18 to 49 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/13/2019
  • Classifier - Steven McGowen
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Belfon
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Aridic Haplustalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/24/1993
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • 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 Flats: talf
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/24/1993 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    secondary carbonates

    0—33

    18—49

    65—277

    65—208

    —33—

    —31—

    —212—

    —143—
    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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    1031

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine low-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P04083
    Bt1—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine low-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 1 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine and medium worm casts throughout; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P04084. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 389024; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 389024
    Bt2—33 to 49 centimeters (13.0 to 19.3 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine low-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 1 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P04085. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 389025; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 389025
    Bk1—49 to 65 centimeters (19.3 to 25.6 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine low-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 10 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine and medium worm casts throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P04086. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 389026; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 389026
    2Bk2—65 to 105 centimeters (25.6 to 41.3 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 fine roots between peds; 21.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; 3 percent medium irregular carbonate masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P04087
    2Bk3—105 to 146 centimeters (41.3 to 57.5 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 21.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; 3 percent fine irregular carbonate threads throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P04088
    3Bk4—146 to 173 centimeters (57.5 to 68.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 21.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent distinct very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, carbonate coats on faces of peds; 3 percent fine irregular carbonate threads throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P04089. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 389027; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 389027
    3Bk5—173 to 191 centimeters (68.1 to 75.2 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 21.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent distinct carbonate coats in root channels and/or pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P04090. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 389028; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 389028
    3Bk6—191 to 208 centimeters (75.2 to 81.9 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 30 percent distinct very pale brown (10YR 8/2) carbonate coats on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent medium cylindrical insect casts; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P04091. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 389029; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 389029
    3C1—208 to 268 centimeters (81.9 to 105.5 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), moist; fine sand; single grain; soft, very friable; 3 percent fine irregular carbonate threads throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P04092
    3C2—268 to 277 centimeters (105.5 to 109.1 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), moist; fine sand; single grain; soft, very friable; 3 percent fine irregular carbonate threads throughout and 3 percent medium and coarse irregular throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 93P04093