IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elmer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2002KS159400
  • User Pedon ID: S2002KS159400
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 03N0001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14815
  • 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: 38.3298492
  • Std. Longitude: -98.2916718
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20S
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 1289 feet S and 700 feet E of NW corner
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS159—Rice
  • MLRA: 77—Southern High Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS159—Rice County, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John King Carasco Warner
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Leptic Natrustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 400
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Elmer
  • PSC - 47 to 97 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elmer
  • Classificaton Date - 8/5/2002
  • 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: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/5/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 31
  • 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—152

    47—203

    47—203

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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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    510

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    270

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    Ap1—0 to 14 centimeters (0.0 to 5.5 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; 13 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N00001
    Ap2—14 to 24 centimeters (5.5 to 9.4 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; 14 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N00002
    AB—24 to 47 centimeters (9.4 to 18.5 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; 14 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N00003
    Btnz—47 to 83 centimeters (18.5 to 32.7 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; 17 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately rapid permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 10 percent distinct clay films throughout; 1 percent fine irregular salt crystals; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N00004. patchy - phpvsfiid 244222; patchy - phpvsfiid 244222
    Btknyz1—83 to 100 centimeters (32.7 to 39.4 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 27 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 30 percent distinct clay films throughout; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate masses and 10 percent medium irregular salt crystals and 3 percent medium irregular gypsum masses; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N00005. patchy - phpvsfiid 244221; patchy - phpvsfiid 244221
    Btknyz2—100 to 135 centimeters (39.4 to 53.1 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; clay loam; 29 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 25 percent distinct clay films throughout; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate masses and 8 percent medium irregular salt crystals and 8 percent medium irregular gypsum masses; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N00006. patchy - phpvsfiid 244223; patchy - phpvsfiid 244223
    Btknyz3—135 to 153 centimeters (53.1 to 60.2 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; loam; 25 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 20 percent distinct clay films throughout; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate masses and 5 percent medium irregular salt crystals and 2 percent medium irregular gypsum masses; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N00007. patchy - phpvsfiid 244224; patchy - phpvsfiid 244224
    Btknz—153 to 203 centimeters (60.2 to 79.9 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; very fine sandy loam; 18 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 15 percent distinct clay films throughout; 1 percent fine irregular iron-manganese concretions throughout; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate masses and 5 percent medium irregular salt crystals; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 03N00008. patchy - phpvsfiid 244225; patchy - phpvsfiid 244225