IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Saltcreek
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2006KS145905
  • User Pedon ID: S2006KS145905
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 06N1022
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18730
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 38.1027794
  • Std. Longitude: -98.9567184
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22 S
  • Range: 15 W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 270 feet north and 2,061 feet west of south east corner
  • Map Unit: Na—NARON FINE SANDY LOAM, 0 TO 3 PERCENT SLOPES5910—Naron fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS145—Pawnee
  • MLRA: 79—Great Bend Sand Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS145—Pawnee County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38098-A8—Saint John SW, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Gary Parks, Ryan Still, Robert Murphy, Tyler Labenz, William Wehmueller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Udic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 905
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Saltcreek
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Udic Argiustolls
  • PSC - 12 to 62 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/3/2006
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 20.4 percent of control section clay and 81 centimeters of depth to paleosol and 102 centimeters of depth to secondary carobnates and 102 centimeters of Depth to redoximorphic features


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian deposits derived from igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rock over clayey alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: dune on paleoterrace
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • 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: 8/3/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 46
  • 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

    argillic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—29

    12—205

    81—152

    152—205

    —29—

    —193—

    —71—

    —53—
    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

    2.5

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    —

    606

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    90

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    Ap—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, moist; fine sandy loam; 75 percent sand; 12 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 30 um/s; rapid permeability; 5.0 very fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N04381; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bt1—12 to 29 centimeters (4.7 to 11.4 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; 60 percent sand; 23 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; Ksat of 8 um/s; moderately rapid permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 10 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N04382; observed in pit, large or quarry. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 335682; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 335682
    Bt2—29 to 51 centimeters (11.4 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; 65 percent sand; 21 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; Ksat of 9 um/s; moderately rapid permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 5 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent faint clay bridges between sand grains; nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N04383; observed in pit, large or quarry. patchy - phpvsfiid 335683; patchy - phpvsfiid 335684; patchy - phpvsfiid 335683; patchy - phpvsfiid 335684
    Bt3—51 to 81 centimeters (20.1 to 31.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 15 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 11 um/s; rapid permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 3 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels and 5 percent faint clay bridges between sand grains; nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments and nonflat subrounded indurated 5-10-20 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N04384; observed in pit, large or quarry. patchy - phpvsfiid 335685; patchy - phpvsfiid 335686; patchy - phpvsfiid 335685; patchy - phpvsfiid 335686
    2Bt—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; 5 percent sand; 39 percent clay; 1 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) fine prominent spherical and 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine faint irregular and 2 percent pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) medium distinct dendritic mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm, very sticky, very plastic; Ksat of 0.1 um/s; very slow permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 1 percent distinct skeletans on vertical faces of peds and 5 percent distinct organoargillans on vertical faces of peds and 50 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N04385; observed in pit, large or quarry. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 335689; continuous - phpvsfiid 335687; patchy - phpvsfiid 335688; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 335689; continuous - phpvsfiid 335687; patchy - phpvsfiid 335688
    2Btk1—102 to 134 centimeters (40.2 to 52.8 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) interior, olive gray (5Y 5/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 10 percent sand; 35 percent clay; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct irregular and 5 percent pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) medium distinct irregular mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm, very sticky, very plastic; Ksat of 0.4 um/s; very slow permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 1 percent distinct skeletans on vertical faces of peds and 5 percent distinct organoargillans on surfaces along root channels and 15 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, manganese masses with diffuse boundaries on vertical faces of peds and 10 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries on vertical faces of peds; 15 percent fine prominent dendritic noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries on surfaces along root channels and 5 percent medium prominent irregular very strongly coherent cemented carbonate nodules with sharp boundaries throughout; nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N04386; observed in pit, large or quarry. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 335692; continuous - phpvsfiid 335690; patchy - phpvsfiid 335691; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 335692; continuous - phpvsfiid 335690; patchy - phpvsfiid 335691
    2Btk2—134 to 152 centimeters (52.8 to 59.8 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) interior, olive gray (5Y 5/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 15 percent sand; 28 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; moderately hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; Ksat of 0.8 um/s; very slow permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 2 percent distinct organoargillans on surfaces along root channels and 10 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, manganese masses with diffuse boundaries on vertical faces of peds and 3 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries on surfaces along root channels; 10 percent fine prominent dendritic noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries on surfaces along root channels and 2 percent medium prominent dendritic very strongly coherent cemented carbonate nodules with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N04387; observed in pit, large or quarry. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 335693; patchy - phpvsfiid 335694; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 335693; patchy - phpvsfiid 335694
    3Btk3—152 to 176 centimeters (59.8 to 69.3 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) interior, olive gray (5Y 5/2) interior, moist; clay loam; 30 percent sand; 27 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; Ksat of 0.9 um/s; moderately slow permeability; 1.0 very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 5 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, manganese masses with diffuse boundaries on vertical faces of peds and 3 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries on surfaces along root channels; 4 percent fine prominent dendritic noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries on surfaces along root channels; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N04388; observed in pit, large or quarry. patchy - phpvsfiid 335695; patchy - phpvsfiid 335695
    3Btk4—176 to 205 centimeters (69.3 to 80.7 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) interior, olive gray (5Y 4/2) interior, moist; clay loam; 35 percent sand; 28 percent clay; 8 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct irregular mottles; weak medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; Ksat of 1 um/s; moderately slow permeability; 1.0 very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 5 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; 2 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, manganese masses with diffuse boundaries on vertical faces of peds and 5 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries on surfaces along root channels; 5 percent fine prominent dendritic noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries on surfaces along root channels; nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 06N04389; observed in pit, large or quarry. patchy - phpvsfiid 335696; patchy - phpvsfiid 335696