IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kuma
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2002KS199003
  • User Pedon ID: S2002KS199003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 03N0108
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15403
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 38.7696991
  • Std. Longitude: -101.6737595
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15S
  • Range: 39W
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 700 feet south and 1200 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: Billand Karl Mai. Broke in 1965, Sugar beets in 1966. Field was land leveled, site#3 did not have fill or cuts. Flood Irrigated from 1966-1991, irrigated corn in 1991. Field has been in Corn-Fallow-Wheat No-Till rotation from 1992 to 2002.
  • 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 #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kuma
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
  • PSC - 27 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/16/2002
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - 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: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Holocene Loess formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/16/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 61
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 37
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    0—63

    27—75

    63—200

    —63—

    —50—

    —137—
    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

    300

    150

    1103

    —

    50

    456

    —

    155

    21.3

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Ap1—0 to 14 centimeters (0.0 to 5.5 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, moist; silt loam; weak thin platy parts to moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; moderate permeability; 5.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; 1.11 gr./cm3 of Bulk Density; 7.16 percent of Percent Moisture; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N00516; observed in pit, small
    Ap2—14 to 27 centimeters (5.5 to 10.6 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm; moderate permeability; 3.0 fine roots between peds; 5 percent faint dark brown (10YR 3/3), dry, pressure faces on all faces of peds; fragments; 1.33 gr./cm3 of Bulk Density; 10.32 percent of Percent Moisture; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N00517; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 244493; patchy - phpvsfiid 244493
    Bt—27 to 48 centimeters (10.6 to 18.9 inches); variegated 60 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior and 40 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, 60 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior and 40 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; weak thick platy parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm; moderate permeability; 2.0 fine roots between peds; 1.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N00518; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 244494; continuous - phpvsfiid 244494
    2Btb—48 to 63 centimeters (18.9 to 24.8 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) exterior, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky 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; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N00519; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 244495; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 244495
    2Btkb—63 to 75 centimeters (24.8 to 29.5 inches); variegated 50 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior and 50 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) exterior, 50 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior and 50 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; moderate permeability; 1.0 fine roots between peds; 1.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry, clay films on all faces of peds and 30 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; 1 percent krotovinas (volume percent); 1 percent krotovinas (lateral area percent); violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N00520; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 244496; patchy - phpvsfiid 244497; continuous - phpvsfiid 244496; patchy - phpvsfiid 244497
    2Bkb1—75 to 110 centimeters (29.5 to 43.3 inches); variegated 60 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) exterior and 40 percent gray (10YR 5/1) exterior, 60 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior and 40 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, moist; silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; moderate permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 25 percent prominent white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate coats on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct irregular black (10YR 2/1), dry, iron-manganese masses throughout; 10 percent fine prominent threadlike weakly coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate masses; fragments; 2 percent krotovinas (volume percent); 2 percent krotovinas (lateral area percent); violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N00521; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 244498; continuous - phpvsfiid 244498
    2Bkb2—110 to 140 centimeters (43.3 to 55.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) exterior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) exterior, moist; silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; moderate permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 medium low-continuity tubular and 5.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent prominent white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate coats on vertical faces of peds; 20 percent fine prominent threadlike weakly coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N00522; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 244499; patchy - phpvsfiid 244499
    2BCk—140 to 200 centimeters (55.1 to 78.7 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) exterior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior, moist; silt loam; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable; moderate permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 3 percent fine prominent threadlike weakly coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 03N00523; observed in pit, small