IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elmer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2002KS079008
  • User Pedon ID: S2002KS079008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0942
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15000
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 38.0410385
  • Std. Longitude: -97.6316528
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23S
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 800 feet W and 905 feet S of NE corner
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS079—Harvey
  • MLRA: 75—Central Loess Plains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38097-A6—Burrton, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John Warner
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Natrustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Elmer
  • PSC - 14 to 64 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/2003
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elmer
  • Classificaton Date - 3/20/2002
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: terrace
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/20/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 21
  • 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

    natric horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—33

    14—108

    14—108

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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

    0

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    439

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    180

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    Ap—0 to 14 centimeters (0.0 to 5.5 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; loam; 25 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 2.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N04466
    Btn1—14 to 28 centimeters (5.5 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; clay loam; 34 percent clay; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 25 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular masses of oxidized iron throughout; 4 percent fine irregular carbonate masses throughout; fragments; 15 percent argillic tongues (volume percent); very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N04467. continuous - phpvsfiid 244432; continuous - phpvsfiid 244432
    Btn2—28 to 62 centimeters (11.0 to 24.4 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, moist; clay loam; 39 percent clay; 3 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) medium prominent irregular mottles; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; slow permeability; 25 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine irregular masses of oxidized iron throughout; 4 percent fine irregular carbonate masses; fragments; 15 percent argillic tongues (volume percent); slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N04468. continuous - phpvsfiid 244433; continuous - phpvsfiid 244433
    Btny—62 to 108 centimeters (24.4 to 42.5 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; clay loam; 32 percent clay; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent irregular mottles; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 25 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine irregular masses of oxidized iron throughout; 1 percent fine irregular gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; 10 percent argillic tongues (volume percent); very slight effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N04469. continuous - phpvsfiid 244434; continuous - phpvsfiid 244434
    Cy—108 to 140 centimeters (42.5 to 55.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, moist; sand; 3 percent clay; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent irregular mottles; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; 4 percent fine irregular gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N04470
    C—140 to 203 centimeters (55.1 to 79.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior, moist; sand; 2 percent clay; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) medium prominent irregular mottles; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; ; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 02N04471