IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kuma
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2002KS199001
  • User Pedon ID: S2002KS199001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2002KS199001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 03N0106
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15401
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 38.7700958
  • Std. Longitude: -101.6745758
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15S
  • Range: 39W
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 425 feet south and 1550 feet west of northeast corner
  • Location Description: Bill Mai - native grass-implement lot.
  • Map Unit: Ku—KUMA SILT LOAM, 0 TO 1 PERCENT SLOPES
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS199—Wallace
  • MLRA: 72—Central High Tableland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS199—Wallace County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38101-G6—South Flats, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bob Tricks
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
  • 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 - Kuma
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
  • PSC - 19 to 79 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/15/2002
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Holocene loess
  • Landscape: tableland
  • Landform: divide
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • 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
  • Geology: Holocene Loess formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/15/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 61
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 29
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    AROL

    BUDA

    HELA

    PSLA3

    SPCO

    SPCR

    Aristida oligantha

    Buchloe dactyloides

    Helianthus xlaetiflorus [pauciflorus x tuberosus]

    Psoralidium lanceolatum

    Sphaeralcea coccinea

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    prairie threeawn

    buffalograss

    cheerful sunflower

    lemon scurfpea

    scarlet globemallow

    sand dropseed

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    0—79

    19—79

    37—200

    —79—

    —60—

    —163—
    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

    0.1

    305

    152.5

    1100

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    50

    456

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    155

    21.3

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    A1—0 to 11 centimeters (0.0 to 4.3 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, moist; silt loam; 24 percent clay; weak thin platy parts to weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; moderate permeability; 10.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; 1.18 gr./cm3 of Bulk Density; 2.25 percent of Percent Moisture; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N00501; observed in pit, small
    A2—11 to 19 centimeters (4.3 to 7.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, moist; silt loam; 26 percent clay; moderate medium granular parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; moderate permeability; 5.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent medium faint spherical moderately coherent cemented very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, worm casts; fragments; 1.15 gr./cm3 of Bulk Density; 7.95 percent of Percent Moisture; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N00502; observed in pit, small
    Bt—19 to 37 centimeters (7.5 to 14.6 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; 32 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; moderate permeability; 4.0 fine roots between peds; 1.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 20 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint spherical moderately coherent cemented very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, worm casts; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N00503; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 244480; continuous - phpvsfiid 244480
    2Btkb1—37 to 58 centimeters (14.6 to 22.8 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) exterior, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; 34 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky, and weak medium prismatic structure; hard, firm; moderate permeability; 2.0 fine roots between peds; 1.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 15 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine prominent threadlike weakly coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate masses and 2 percent medium faint cylindrical moderately coherent cemented very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, insect casts; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N00504; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 244481; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 244481
    2Btkb2—58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); variegated 70 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) exterior and 30 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior, 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior and 30 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; moderate permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent faint dark brown (10YR 3/3), dry, clay films on all faces of peds and 20 percent prominent white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate coats on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent fine prominent threadlike weakly coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate masses and 1 percent medium faint cylindrical moderately coherent cemented very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, insect casts; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N00505; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 244482; patchy - phpvsfiid 244483; continuous - phpvsfiid 244482; patchy - phpvsfiid 244483
    2Bkb1—79 to 98 centimeters (31.1 to 38.6 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) exterior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior, moist; silt loam; 27 percent clay; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable; moderate permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 30 percent prominent white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate coats on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent threadlike weakly coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate masses and 1 percent medium distinct cylindrical moderately coherent cemented very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, insect casts; fragments; 2 percent krotovinas (volume percent); 2 percent krotovinas (lateral area percent); violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N00506; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 244484; continuous - phpvsfiid 244484
    2Bkb2—98 to 130 centimeters (38.6 to 51.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) exterior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior, moist; silt loam; 20 percent clay; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable; moderate permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 medium low-continuity tubular and 5.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent prominent white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate coats on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent fine prominent threadlike weakly coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N00507; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 244485; patchy - phpvsfiid 244485
    2BCk—130 to 200 centimeters (51.2 to 78.7 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) exterior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior, moist; silt loam; 20 percent clay; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable; moderate permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent fine prominent threadlike weakly coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 03N00508; observed in pit, small