IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Carbika
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2005KS079502
  • User Pedon ID: S2005KS079502
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 06N0195
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18721
  • Print Date: 2/3/2025

    • 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: 38.0444984
  • Std. Longitude: -97.5919189
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23S
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 440 feet north and 50 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: About 4 miles east and 1 mile north of the town of Burrton.
  • Map Unit: 5961—Solvay loamy fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS079—Harvey
  • MLRA: 75—Central Loess Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS079—Harvey County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38097-A5—Halstead, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. Parks, R. Still, B. Murphy, T. Labenz, W. Wehmueller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Vertic Argiaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 502
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Carbika
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Vertic Argiaquolls
  • PSC - 43 to 93 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/30/2005
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 34.3 percent of Control section clay and 160 cm of Depth to water table


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian deposits over clayey alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: paleoterrace
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/30/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 15
  • 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    argillic horizon

    redox concentrations

    slickensides

    lithologic discontinuity

    aquic conditions

    endosaturation

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    secondary carbonates

    0—60

    27—43

    43—146

    43—160

    43—80

    43—

    60—

    60—

    60—160

    80—146

    —60—

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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

    —

    —

    438

    —

    360

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    Ap1—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed fine sandy loam; 80 percent sand; 8 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 4.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N00677; observed in trench
    Ap2—20 to 27 centimeters (7.9 to 10.6 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) crushed and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) exterior fine sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 12 percent clay; moderate thick platy parts to weak medium platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 1 percent fine distinct spherical noncoherent cemented worm casts with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N00678; observed in trench
    A—27 to 43 centimeters (10.6 to 16.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed fine sandy loam; 80 percent sand; 10 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 20 percent distinct very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine prominent dendritic noncoherent cemented dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N00679; observed in trench. patchy - phpvsfiid 310746; patchy - phpvsfiid 310746
    2Btss1—43 to 60 centimeters (16.9 to 23.6 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior clay loam; 25 percent sand; 38 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; slow permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 8 percent prominent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds and 10 percent prominent very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on vertical faces of peds and 15 percent prominent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, pressure faces on all faces of peds and 35 percent prominent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries throughout and 25 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N00680; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310735; patchy - phpvsfiid 310737; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310736; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310738; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310735; patchy - phpvsfiid 310737; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310736; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310738
    2Btss2—60 to 80 centimeters (23.6 to 31.5 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior clay loam; 30 percent sand; 34 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 5 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on vertical faces of peds and 15 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, pressure faces on all faces of peds and 25 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries throughout and 8 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses with diffuse boundaries throughout and 15 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N00681; observed in trench. patchy - phpvsfiid 310741; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310739; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310740; patchy - phpvsfiid 310741; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310739; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310740
    2Btkg1—80 to 118 centimeters (31.5 to 46.5 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) exterior clay loam; 35 percent sand; 30 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 0.2 very fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 2 percent prominent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) organoargillans on surfaces along root channels and 4 percent prominent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, organoargillans on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent dendritic noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries throughout and 12 percent coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented gray (5Y 5/1), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries throughout and 15 percent medium prominent dendritic noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries throughout; 5 percent fine distinct irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 3n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N00682; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310742; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310743; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310742; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310743
    2Btkg2—118 to 146 centimeters (46.5 to 57.5 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) exterior sandy clay loam; 35 percent sand; 27 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 1 percent prominent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, organoargillans on surfaces along root channels and 2 percent prominent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, organoargillans on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent coarse prominent dendritic noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries throughout and 12 percent coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented gray (5Y 5/1), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries throughout and 15 percent medium prominent dendritic noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries throughout; 5 percent medium distinct irregular strongly coherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 3n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N00683; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310744; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310745; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310744; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310745
    2BCg—146 to 160 centimeters (57.5 to 63.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) exterior sandy clay loam; 80 percent sand; 20 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 1.0 very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 4 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries throughout and 5 percent fine prominent dendritic noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries throughout and 7 percent fine prominent dendritic noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n. Lab sample # 06N00684; observed in trench