IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Eltree
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2001KS163001
  • User Pedon ID: S2001KS163001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0487
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14827
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 39.4438896
  • Std. Longitude: -99.2291641
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7S
  • Range: 17W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 2300 feet north and 300 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: About 2 miles east of Stockton, Kansas.
  • Map Unit: Ef—ELTREE SILT LOAM, 1 TO 3 PERCENT SLOPES
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS163—Rooks
  • MLRA: 73—Rolling Plains and Breaks
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS163—Rooks County, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Tricks, P. Finnell, B. Wehmueller, J. McDowell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Pachic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Eltree
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Pachic Haplustolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/31/2001
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - second edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty colluvium derived from limestone and shale
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/31/2001 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 19
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - partly cloudy
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    0—61

    19—188

    41—188

    —61—

    —169—

    —147—
    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

    350

    100

    540

    —

    170

    24

    —

    173

    12.3

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Ap1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, moist; silt loam; weak fine granular parts to weak thin platy structure; slightly hard, friable; moderate permeability; 15.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N02516; observed in trench
    Ap2—10 to 19 centimeters (3.9 to 7.5 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) exterior, moist; silt loam; weak thin platy structure; slightly hard, friable; moderate permeability; 4.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N02517; observed in trench
    Bw—19 to 41 centimeters (7.5 to 16.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, moist; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; moderate permeability; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N02518; observed in trench
    Btk1—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, moist; silt loam; 26 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; moderate permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 4 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 5 percent prominent very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry, carbonate coats on vertical faces of peds; 4 percent fine distinct threadlike weakly coherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry, carbonate masses with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N02519; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 238972; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 238971; continuous - phpvsfiid 238972; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 238971
    Btk2—61 to 90 centimeters (24.0 to 35.4 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable; moderate permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 20 percent prominent very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry, carbonate coats on vertical faces of peds; 8 percent fine distinct threadlike weakly coherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry, carbonate masses with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N02520; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 238970; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 238969; continuous - phpvsfiid 238970; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 238969
    Btk3—90 to 122 centimeters (35.4 to 48.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable; moderate permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent prominent very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry, carbonate coats on vertical faces of peds and 5 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 8 percent fine distinct threadlike weakly coherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry, carbonate masses with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N02521; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 238967; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 238968; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 238967; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 238968
    Btk4—122 to 151 centimeters (48.0 to 59.4 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) exterior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior, moist; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; moderate permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent faint pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine distinct threadlike weakly coherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry, carbonate masses with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N02522; observed in trench. patchy - phpvsfiid 238966; patchy - phpvsfiid 238966
    Btk5—151 to 188 centimeters (59.4 to 74.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) exterior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior, moist; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; moderate permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent faint pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine distinct threadlike weakly coherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry, carbonate masses with sharp boundaries throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded moderately coherent cemented 5-15-50 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 02N02523; observed in trench. patchy - phpvsfiid 238965; patchy - phpvsfiid 238965