IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Feterita
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999KS129003
  • User Pedon ID: S1999KS129003
  • User Site Association ID: mlra72-SDJR comp peds
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0074
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11582
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 37.3431931
  • Std. Longitude: -101.6842499
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 1616—Feterita clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally ponded
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS129—Morton
  • MLRA: 72—Central High Tableland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS129—Morton County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37101-C6—Shore Airport SW, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Steven P. Graber, Roger Hammer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Haplustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxon above family
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Feterita
  • PSC - 89 to 139 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/18/2014
  • Classifier - Tom Cochran
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Feterita
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic Pachic Haplustolls
  • Classificaton Date - 6/26/1999
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • QC Status: level 3
  • QA Status: level 3


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: playa
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/26/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 4
  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    free carbonates

    argillic horizon

    0—10

    10—69

    69—163

    89—163

    —10—

    —59—

    —94—

    —74—
    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

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    —

    1006

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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay; weak medium granular structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; slow permeability; 21.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P00398
    Bw1—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay; weak fine angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; slow permeability; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P00399
    Bw2—23 to 51 centimeters (9.1 to 20.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; slow permeability; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 10 percent distinct pressure faces on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P00400. continuous - phpvsfiid 1229676; continuous - phpvsfiid 1229676
    Bw3—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 10 percent distinct pressure faces on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P00401. continuous - phpvsfiid 1229677; continuous - phpvsfiid 1229677
    Bw4—69 to 89 centimeters (27.2 to 35.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 10 percent distinct pressure faces on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P00402. continuous - phpvsfiid 1229678; continuous - phpvsfiid 1229678
    2Bt1—89 to 102 centimeters (35.0 to 40.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent fine irregular carbonate threads throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P00403. continuous - phpvsfiid 1229679; continuous - phpvsfiid 1229679
    2Bt2—102 to 122 centimeters (40.2 to 48.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 10 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate threads between peds; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P00404. continuous - phpvsfiid 1229680; continuous - phpvsfiid 1229680
    2Bt3—122 to 163 centimeters (48.0 to 64.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 10 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate threads between peds; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P00405. continuous - phpvsfiid 1229681; continuous - phpvsfiid 1229681
    2BC—163 to 203 centimeters (64.2 to 79.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate threads between peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 00P00406