IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mahone
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2006KS155904
  • User Pedon ID: S2006KS155904
  • User Site Association ID: Reno County Water Table StudyKansas Soil Temperature and Water Study
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0132
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19056
  • 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: 37.9459038
  • Std. Longitude: -98.2819443
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24
  • Range: 9 W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 1996 feet east and 1752 feet north of the south west corner
  • Map Unit: 5800—Mahone loamy fine sand, rarely flooded
  • 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-H3—Plevna, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Gary Parks, Ryan Still, Tyler Labenz, Robert Murphy, W. Wehmueller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Oxyaquic Haplustepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 904
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mahone
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Oxyaquic Haplustepts
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/2006
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 162 cm of depth to water table and 13 percent of control section clay and 101 cm of depth to sand


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: frequent flooding for brief periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 56
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    cambic horizon

    redox concentrations

    secondary carbonates

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—54

    54—101

    54—183

    72—101

    122—

    —54—

    —47—

    —129—

    —29—

    —122—
    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

    —

    —

    493.6

    —

    180

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    A1—0 to 16 centimeters (0.0 to 6.3 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; 15 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 8.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine low-continuity dendritic tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00868; observed in pit, small
    A2—16 to 38 centimeters (6.3 to 15.0 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; 12 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00869; observed in pit, small
    AB—38 to 54 centimeters (15.0 to 21.3 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; 12 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N00870; observed in pit, small
    Bw—54 to 72 centimeters (21.3 to 28.3 inches);, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; 15 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular and 2.0 fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 1 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N00871; observed in pit, small
    Bk1—72 to 88 centimeters (28.3 to 34.6 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; 15 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 1 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries throughout; 1 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N00872; observed in pit, small
    Bk2—88 to 101 centimeters (34.6 to 39.8 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; 15 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular and 1.0 fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 10 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries throughout and 25 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries throughout; 8 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00873; observed in pit, small
    C—101 to 122 centimeters (39.8 to 48.0 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; loamy fine sand; 15 percent clay; structureless massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 2 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00874; observed in pit, small
    2Cg1—122 to 137 centimeters (48.0 to 53.9 inches);, 70 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior and 30 percent brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; very fine sandy loam, loam; 15 percent clay; structureless massive; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular and 2.0 fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 2 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses with diffuse boundaries throughout and 8 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries throughout and 10 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries throughout; 1 percent fine prominent irregular moderately coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate nodules throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00875; observed in pit, small
    2Cg2—137 to 162 centimeters (53.9 to 63.8 inches);, dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; 15 percent clay; structureless massive; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular and 1.0 fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 3 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00876; observed in pit, small
    2Cg3—162 to 183 centimeters (63.8 to 72.0 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; loamy fine sand; 15 percent clay; structureless massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 3 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 07N00877; observed in pit, small