IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Taver
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2005KS155004
  • User Pedon ID: S2005KS155004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2005KS155004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 06N0197
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18723
  • Print Date: 2/2/2025

    • 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: 38.1224442
  • Std. Longitude: -98.2334137
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22S
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 2,550 feet south and 300 feet east of the north west corner
  • Location Description: About 8 miles west and 1.5 miles south of the town of Nickerson.
  • Map Unit: 5970—Taver loam, 0 to 1 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: 38098-A2—Sterling SW, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. Parks, R. Still, B. Murphy, T. Labenz, B. Wehmueller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Udertic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Taver
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/22/2005
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Taver
  • Classificaton Date - 9/30/2005
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 159 cm of Depth to paleosol and 36 percent of Control section clay and 65 cm of Depth to carbonates


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Recent alluvium over Older clayey alluvial sediments
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: paleoterrace
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/30/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 10
  • 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
  • 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

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    little bluestem

    Indiangrass

    big bluestem

    Forb, annual

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    redox concentrations

    lithologic discontinuity

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    0—45

    20—159

    65—

    159—200

    159—

    —25—

    —139—

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    —-

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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

    —

    —

    506.2

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    90

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, moist; loam; 50 percent sand; 20 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 5.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 1 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N00692; dry when described; observed in trench
    Bt1—20 to 45 centimeters (7.9 to 17.7 inches);, very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 18 percent sand; 35 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; very slow permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 5 percent distinct pressure faces on all faces of peds and 10 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; 27 percent lamellae (volume percent); 27 percent lamellae (lateral area percent); noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N00693; dry when described; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310760; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310761; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310760; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310761
    Bt2—45 to 65 centimeters (17.7 to 25.6 inches);, dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; 15 percent sand; 38 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; very slow permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 1 percent distinct skeletans on vertical faces of peds and 1 percent distinct organoargillans on vertical faces of peds and 3 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) on all faces of peds and 7 percent prominent pressure faces on all faces of peds and 15 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; 21 percent lamellae (volume percent); 21 percent lamellae (lateral area percent); noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N00694; dry when described; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 310765; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310762; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310763; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310764; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310766; continuous - phpvsfiid 310765; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310762; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310763; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310764; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310766
    Btk1—65 to 92 centimeters (25.6 to 36.2 inches);, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 10 percent sand; 37 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky parts to weak fine angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; very slow permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 10 percent prominent pressure faces on all faces of peds and 10 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries throughout; 8 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, carbonate masses with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; 1.5 cm of Lamellae; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N00695; dry when described; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310767; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310768; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310767; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310768
    Btk2—92 to 111 centimeters (36.2 to 43.7 inches);, 60 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior and 40 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 10 percent sand; 36 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; very slow permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 5 percent distinct organoargillans on all faces of peds and 8 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 8 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries throughout; 2 percent fine prominent threadlike noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with sharp boundaries between peds and 3 percent fine prominent irregular very strongly coherent cemented carbonate masses with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; 8 percent lamellae (volume percent); 8 percent lamellae (lateral area percent); noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N00696; dry when described; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310769; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310770; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310769; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310770
    Btk3—111 to 133 centimeters (43.7 to 52.4 inches);, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 10 percent sand; 32 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; very slow permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 5 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent prominent dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine prominent dendritic noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries lining pores and 8 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries throughout; 1 percent fine prominent threadlike noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries between peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N00697; dry when described; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310771; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310772; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310771; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310772
    Bt4—133 to 159 centimeters (52.4 to 62.6 inches);, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; 70 percent sand; 24 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular and 2.0 fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 5 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 5 percent prominent organoargillans on surfaces along root channels; 8 percent medium prominent dendritic noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries lining pores; fragments; 3 percent lamellae (volume percent); 3 percent lamellae (lateral area percent); noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N00698; dry when described; observed in trench. patchy - phpvsfiid 310773; continuous - phpvsfiid 310774; patchy - phpvsfiid 310773; continuous - phpvsfiid 310774
    2BC1—159 to 186 centimeters (62.6 to 73.2 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; 75 percent sand; 21 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 3 percent prominent organoargillans on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent fine prominent dendritic noncoherent cemented light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron with diffuse boundaries lining pores and 10 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N00699; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 310775; continuous - phpvsfiid 310775
    2BC2—186 to 213 centimeters (73.2 to 83.9 inches);, 80 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior and 20 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, moist; sandy loam; 80 percent sand; 12 percent clay; weak coarse angular blocky parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 3.0 medium high-continuity dendritic tubular and 2.0 fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 3 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels and 5 percent prominent skeletans on vertical faces of peds; 2 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries throughout and 2 percent medium prominent dendritic noncoherent cemented light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron with diffuse boundaries lining pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n. Lab sample # 06N00700; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310776; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310777; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310776; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 310777