IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Crisfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2001KS077076
  • User Pedon ID: S2001KS077001
  • User Site Association ID: 8849
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 01008
  • Transect Stop Number - 6
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01N1073
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15210
  • Print Date: 4/19/2025

    • 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: 37.1820564
  • Std. Longitude: -98.1105270
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 33S
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 720 feet N and 350 feet E of SW corner
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS077—Harper
  • MLRA: 80A—Central Rolling Red Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS077—Harper County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37098-B1—Anthony, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JCW,LAG,RMM
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Udic Ustochrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 76
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Crisfield
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Udic Ustochrepts
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/14/2001
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 8 percent of Percent clay in


    • SITE

  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: terrace
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/14/2001 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 20
  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—20

    20—82

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    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

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    407

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    45

    737

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    Ap1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/3) interior, dry; loamy sand; 8 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N05479; dry when described;
    Ap2—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/3) interior, dry; loamy sand; 8 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N05480; dry when described;
    Bw1—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/2) interior, dry; sandy loam; 10 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N05481; dry when described;
    Bw2—41 to 82 centimeters (16.1 to 32.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, dry; sandy loam; 10 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N05482; dry when described;
    BC—82 to 145 centimeters (32.3 to 57.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, dry; loamy coarse sand; 3 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 6 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N05483; dry when described;
    C1—145 to 173 centimeters (57.1 to 68.1 inches); 80 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior and 20 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior, 80 percent pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) interior and 20 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) interior, dry; sand; 1 percent clay; single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 3 percent medium and coarse irregular yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N05484; moist when described;
    C2—173 to 203 centimeters (68.1 to 79.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, very pale brown (10YR 8/3) interior, dry; coarse sand; single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 01N05485; moist when described;