IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Farnum
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2006KS185903
  • User Pedon ID: S2006KS185903
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 06N1020
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18728
  • Print Date: 11/10/2024

    • 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: 37.9458046
  • Std. Longitude: -98.8095016
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24 S
  • Range: 14 W
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 1,478 feet north and 1,939 feet west of south east corner
  • Map Unit: Fa—FARNUM FINE SANDY LOAM, 0 TO 1 PERCENT SLOPES5891—Farnum fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS185—Stafford
  • MLRA: 79—Great Bend Sand Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS185—Stafford County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37098-H7—Saint John South, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Gary Parks, Ryan Still, Robert Murphy, Tyler Labenz, William Wehmueller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 903
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Farnum
  • PSC - 32 to 82 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/6/2010
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nalim
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/2006
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 32.8 percent of Control section clay and 99 cm of Depth to secondary carbonates


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: paleoterrace
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent nonflat subrounded indurated 5- to 20-millimeter mixed,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 43
  • 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

    0—32

    32—184

    —32—

    —152—
    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

    0.5

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    591

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    90

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    Ap1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 11 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 11 um/s; 5.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N04366; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Ap2—15 to 32 centimeters (5.9 to 12.6 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, 70 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior and 30 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, moist; sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 14 percent clay; 5 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent irregular mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 10 um/s; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 10 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds and 15 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N04367; observed in pit, large or quarry. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 335661; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 335662; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 335661; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 335662
    Bt1—32 to 68 centimeters (12.6 to 26.8 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3) interior and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior and dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, moist; clay loam; 25 percent sand; 33 percent clay; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) fine distinct spherical mottles; strong coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; Ksat of 0.5 um/s; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 2 percent distinct skeletans on vertical faces of peds and 10 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds and 25 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent spherical noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N04368; observed in pit, large or quarry. continuous - phpvsfiid 335663; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 335664; continuous - phpvsfiid 335665; continuous - phpvsfiid 335663; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 335664; continuous - phpvsfiid 335665
    Bt2—68 to 99 centimeters (26.8 to 39.0 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, moist; clay loam; 21 percent sand; 30 percent clay; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) fine distinct spherical mottles; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; Ksat of 0.7 um/s; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 2 percent distinct skeletans on vertical faces of peds and 6 percent distinct organoargillans on all faces of peds and 35 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N04369; observed in pit, large or quarry. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 335667; continuous - phpvsfiid 335666; continuous - phpvsfiid 335668; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 335667; continuous - phpvsfiid 335666; continuous - phpvsfiid 335668
    Btk1—99 to 124 centimeters (39.0 to 48.8 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3) interior and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior and brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; loam; 25 percent sand; 26 percent clay; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) fine distinct spherical mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; Ksat of 1 um/s; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 2 percent distinct skeletans on all faces of peds and 18 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent irregular indurated cemented carbonate nodules with sharp boundaries throughout and 1 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with sharp boundaries throughout and 2 percent medium prominent irregular indurated cemented carbonate nodules with clear boundaries throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N04370; observed in pit, large or quarry. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 335670; continuous - phpvsfiid 335669; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 335670; continuous - phpvsfiid 335669
    Btk2—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; loam; 30 percent sand; 23 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; Ksat of 1.5 um/s; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 6 percent fine prominent dendritic noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with sharp boundaries lining pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N04371; observed in pit, large or quarry. patchy - phpvsfiid 335671; patchy - phpvsfiid 335671
    Btk3—152 to 184 centimeters (59.8 to 72.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3) exterior, brown (7.5YR 4/3) interior and brown (7.5YR 4/3) exterior, moist; sandy clay loam; 60 percent sand; 20 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 8 um/s; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 7.0 very fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 8 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine prominent dendritic noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with sharp boundaries lining pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N04372; observed in pit, large or quarry. patchy - phpvsfiid 335672; patchy - phpvsfiid 335672
    BCk—184 to 230 centimeters (72.4 to 90.6 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3) exterior, brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, moist; sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 12 percent clay; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) fine distinct spherical and 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent irregular mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 11 um/s; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 1 percent fine prominent dendritic noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with sharp boundaries lining pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-7-10 millimeter mixed fragments and 4 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 06N04373; observed in pit, large or quarry