IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kanza
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2006KS155905
  • User Pedon ID: S2006KS155905
  • 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 # - 07N0133
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19057
  • 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: 37.9459572
  • Std. Longitude: -98.2813644
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24
  • Range: 9 W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 2148 feet east and 1760 feet north of the south west corner
  • Map Unit: 5560—Kanza-Ninnescah sandy loams, frequently 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, Robert Murphy, Tyler Labenz, W. Wehmueller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Mollic Psammaquents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 905
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kanza
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Mollic Psammaquents
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/2006
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 66 cm of depth to water table and 4 percent of control section clay and 20 cm of depth to sand


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: meander scar on 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

    secondary carbonates

    redox concentrations

    aquic conditions

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    0—13

    0—20

    0—66

    13—126

    13—126

    —13—

    —20—

    —66—

    —113—

    —113—
    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

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    —

    494.2

    —

    360

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    Ak—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior loam; 22 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 10 percent fine prominent dendritic noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries on surfaces along root channels; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00878; observed in pit, small
    ACkg—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); variegated 80 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior and 20 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior stratified stratified loam; 22 percent clay; structureless massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 8.0 very fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular and 3.0 fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 10 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries throughout and 45 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; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00879; observed in pit, small
    Cg1—20 to 66 centimeters (7.9 to 26.0 inches); variegated 60 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior and 40 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior stratified stratified loamy fine sand; 5 percent clay; structureless massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 40 percent medium prominent dendritic noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries on surfaces along root channels; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N00880; observed in pit, small
    Cg2—66 to 126 centimeters (26.0 to 49.6 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) interior stratified stratified fine sand; 2 percent clay; structureless massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 40 percent medium prominent dendritic noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries on surfaces along root channels; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 07N00881; observed in auger, screw