IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ness
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999KS083001
  • User Pedon ID: S1999KS083001
  • User Site Association ID: mlra72-SDJR comp peds
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0075
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11583
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 38.1385002
  • Std. Longitude: -99.9357758
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22S
  • Range: 24W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 300 feet west and 2560 feet north of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: 3.5 miles north and 2.25 miles west of the intersection of US Highway 283 and Kansas State Highway 156 in Jetmore, Kansas.
  • Map Unit: 2714—Ness silty clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally ponded
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS083—Hodgeman
  • MLRA: 73—Rolling Plains and Breaks
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS083—Hodgeman County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38099-B8—Jetmore NW, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Steven P. Graber
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Ustic Epiaquerts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ness (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/18/2014
  • Classifier - Tom Cochran
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ness
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Ustic Epiaquerts
  • PSC - 51 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/1999
  • Classifier - Steve Graber
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • QC Status: level 3
  • QA Status: level 3


    • SITE

  • Landform: playa
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/10/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 18
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    redox concentrations

    slickensides

    free carbonates

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    0—79

    0—200

    10—79

    79—203

    79—94

    —79—

    —200—

    —69—

    —124—

    —15—
    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

    0

    —

    —

    —

    —

    533

    —

    —

    13

    24

    2

    14

    —

    —

    —

    —

    2164

    Dodge City WSO AP

    CLIM
    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), dry; clay; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium granular, and weak medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; slow permeability; 21.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P00407
    Bss1—10 to 51 centimeters (3.9 to 20.1 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), dry; clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; slow permeability; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 1 percent faint slickensides (pedogenic) throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P00408. continuous - phpvsfiid 1039673; continuous - phpvsfiid 1039673
    Bss2—51 to 79 centimeters (20.1 to 31.1 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), dry; clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; slow permeability; 3.0 fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent faint slickensides (pedogenic) throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P00409. continuous - phpvsfiid 1039674; continuous - phpvsfiid 1039674
    BC—79 to 94 centimeters (31.1 to 37.0 inches); 50 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and 50 percent brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; weak fine angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P00410
    2C1—94 to 157 centimeters (37.0 to 61.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 3 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate threads throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P00411
    2C2—157 to 203 centimeters (61.8 to 79.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; weak fine angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 3 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate threads throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 00P00412