IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Turon

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2005KS155003

User Pedon ID: S2005KS155003

Vegetation Plot ID: S2005KS155003

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 06N0196

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18722

Print Date: 11/24/2024

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: 37.8889427

Std. Longitude: -98.4013062

Datum: WGS84

Township: 25S

Range: 10W

Section: 10

PLSS Details: 2,290 feet north and 620 feet west of the southeast corner

Location Description: About 4 miles west and 2 miles north of the town of Langdon.

Map Unit: 5942—Pratt-Turon fine sands, 1 to 5 percent slopes

State: Kansas

County: KS155—Reno

MLRA: 79—Great Bend Sand Plains

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS155—Reno County, Kansas

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37098-H4—Sylvia, Kansas

PEDON

Describers Name: G. Parks, R. Still, B. Murphy, T. Labenz, B. Wehmueller

Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Lamellic Haplustalfs

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: OSD pedon

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Pedon #: 3

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Turon

PSC - 29 to 79 cm.

Classificaton Date - 12/22/2005

Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition

Moisture Class - ustic

Moisture Subclass - ustic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Turon

Classificaton Date - 9/29/2005

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 1

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

Field Measured Properties: 117 cm of Depth to paleosol and 12 percent of Control section clay

SITE

Parent Material: eolian deposits over alluvium

Landscape: river valley

Landform: dune on paleoterrace

Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope

Hill Slope Profile: summit

Slope Position: upper third

Slope Complexity: complex

Slope Shape Across: convex

Slope Shape Down: convex

Runoff: low

Drainage Class: well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 9/29/2005 (actual site observation date)

Air Photo ID: 15

Surface Water Kind: none observed

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Site Erosion Accelerated: wind erosion

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
SCSC SONU2 ANGE 2FA	Schizachyrium scoparium Sorghastrum nutans Andropogon gerardii —	little bluestem Indiangrass big bluestem Forb, annual	— — — —	— — — —	— — — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon argillic horizon lamellae lithologic discontinuity	0—29 29—117 29—117 117—	12—15—30 20—88—120 —- —-

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
2	—	—	534	—	125	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Ap1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, moist; loamy fine sand; 90 percent sand; 3 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine low-continuity dendritic tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N00685; dry when described; observed in trench

Ap2—15 to 29 centimeters (5.9 to 11.4 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; loamy fine sand; 90 percent sand; 5 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 8.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 8.0 fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 10 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; 27 percent lamellae (volume percent); 27 percent lamellae (lateral area percent); noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N00686; dry when described; observed in trench. patchy - phpvsfiid 310748; patchy - phpvsfiid 310748

Bt—29 to 37 centimeters (11.4 to 14.6 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, moist; 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; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 2 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains and 40 percent faint organoargillans on all faces of peds; fragments; 21 percent lamellae (volume percent); 21 percent lamellae (lateral area percent); noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N00687; dry when described; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310749; patchy - phpvsfiid 310751; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310750; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310749; patchy - phpvsfiid 310751; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310750

EandBt1—37 to 77 centimeters (14.6 to 30.3 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, moist; loamy fine sand; 90 percent sand; 7 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 1 percent fine distinct spherical noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, worm casts with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; 1.5 cm of Lamellae; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n. Lab sample # 06N00688; dry when described; observed in trench

EandBt1—37 to 77 centimeters (14.6 to 30.3 inches);, strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) exterior, moist; fine sandy loam; 80 percent sand; 12 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 2.0 very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 10 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; 8 percent lamellae (volume percent); 8 percent lamellae (lateral area percent); noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N00688; dry when described; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310752; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310752

EandBt2—77 to 117 centimeters (30.3 to 46.1 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior, moist; loamy fine sand; 95 percent sand; 3 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n. Lab sample # 06N00689; dry when described; observed in trench

EandBt2—77 to 117 centimeters (30.3 to 46.1 inches);, strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) exterior, moist; loamy fine sand; 90 percent sand; 8 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 2.0 very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 5 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; 3 percent lamellae (volume percent); 3 percent lamellae (lateral area percent); noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N00689; dry when described; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310753; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310753

2Btss1—117 to 159 centimeters (46.1 to 62.6 inches);, dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; 15 percent sand; 38 percent clay; strong very coarse subangular blocky parts to strong coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; very slow permeability; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.2 very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 10 percent prominent slickensides (pedogenic) on vertical faces of peds and 20 percent prominent skeletans on vertical faces of peds and 60 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent spherical noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, and black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries throughout and 5 percent fine prominent spherical very strongly coherent cemented manganese masses with diffuse boundaries throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N00690; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 310755; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310754; continuous - phpvsfiid 310756; continuous - phpvsfiid 310755; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310754; continuous - phpvsfiid 310756

2Btss2—159 to 200 centimeters (62.6 to 78.7 inches);, dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; 10 percent sand; 36 percent clay; strong coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; very slow permeability; 0.3 very fine roots throughout; 0.1 very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 5 percent prominent slickensides (pedogenic) and 55 percent prominent clay films; 1 percent fine prominent spherical very strongly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, and black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses with diffuse boundaries throughout and 2 percent fine prominent spherical noncoherent cemented iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N00691; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310757; continuous - phpvsfiid 310758; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310757; continuous - phpvsfiid 310758