IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Happyditch
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2005KS129002
  • User Pedon ID: S2005KS129002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0685
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18379
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 37.2256111
  • Std. Longitude: -101.6334722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32S
  • Range: 40W
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 3800 ft E and 1180 ft S of the NW corner
  • Map Unit: 1170—Happyditch loamy fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS129—Morton
  • MLRA: 72—Central High Tableland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS129—Morton County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37101-B6—Rolla NW, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: spg
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Ustifluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, brief description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Happyditch
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Ustifluvents
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2005
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/11/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 13
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    free carbonates

    0—15

    0—57

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    —57—
    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

    0.5

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    976

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face, dry; loam; 15 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to weak medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 7.0 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N03937; observed in pit, small
    AC—15 to 37 centimeters (5.9 to 14.6 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, dry; very fine sandy loam; 10 percent clay; structureless massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine roots and 5.0 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N03938; observed in pit, small
    C1—37 to 57 centimeters (14.6 to 22.4 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, dry; stratified stratified very fine sandy loam; 12 percent clay; structureless massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 7.0 very fine roots and 10.0 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N03939; observed in pit, small
    C2—57 to 71 centimeters (22.4 to 28.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, dry; gravelly sand; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 7.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 5-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 20-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N03940; observed in pit, small
    C3—71 to 112 centimeters (28.0 to 44.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) broken face, dry; sand; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 1 percent by volume 20-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 4 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 5-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N03941; observed in pit, small
    C4—112 to 172 centimeters (44.1 to 67.7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, light gray (10YR 7/2) broken face, dry; gravelly sand; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2 percent by volume 20-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 5-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N03942; observed in pit, small
    C5—172 to 203 centimeters (67.7 to 79.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face, light gray (10YR 7/2) broken face, dry; gravelly sand; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2 percent by volume 20-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 5-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 05N03943; observed in pit, small