IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sweetwater

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2007KS199001

User Pedon ID: S2007KS199001

User Site Association ID: MO5 Water table study using Global Water loggers

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes

Lab Pedon # - 07N0502

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19079

Print Date: 1/29/2025

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: 38.8320833

Std. Longitude: -101.6669998

Datum: WGS84

Township: 14S

Range: 39W

Section: 16

PLSS Details: 27 meters east and 271 meters north of the southwest corner

Location Description: 7.7 kilometers south and 7.2 kilometers east of Sharon Springs, KS on Rose Creek.

Map Unit: Se—SWEETWATER CLAY LOAM, OCCASIONALLY FLOODED1258—Sweetwater clay loam, occasionally flooded

State: Kansas

County: KS199—Wallace

MLRA: 72—Central High Tableland

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS199—Wallace County, Kansas

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38101-G6—South Flats, Kansas

PEDON

Describers Name: John Warner & Tom Cochran

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, calcareous, mesic Typic Endoaquolls

Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct

Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series

Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Sweetwater

Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, calcareous, mesic Typic Endoaquolls

Taxon Kind - taxadjunct

PSC - 25 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 6/7/2017

Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition

Moisture Class - ustic

Moisture SUBClass - ustic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

QC Status: level 3

QA Status: level 3

SITE

Parent Material: alluvium

Landscape: river valley

Landform: flood plain

Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: linear

Drainage Class: somewhat poorly

Flooding: occasional flooding for very brief periods begining in apr

Ponding: none ponding

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 5/15/2007 (actual site observation date)

Air Photo ID: 47

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
mollic epipedon cambic horizon calcic horizon aquic conditions secondary carbonates aquic conditions	0—36 17—36 36—62 36—62 36—106 85—154	—36— —19— —26— —26— —70— —69—

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
0.2	—	—	1052.2	—	360	480	—	148	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A—0 to 17 centimeters (0.0 to 6.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face silty clay loam; 20 percent sand; 29 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small

Bw—17 to 36 centimeters (6.7 to 14.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face silty clay loam; 20 percent sand; 29 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine low-continuity dendritic tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small

Bk1—36 to 62 centimeters (14.2 to 24.4 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face loam; 25 percent sand; 26 percent clay; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; moderate permeability; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 medium low-continuity tubular pores; 3 percent fine irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 8 percent fine irregular carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small

Bk2—62 to 85 centimeters (24.4 to 33.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face silt loam; 10 percent sand; 22 percent clay; weak medium prismatic structure; soft, very friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; moderate permeability; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 medium low-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent fine irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 3 percent fine irregular carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small

Bk3—85 to 106 centimeters (33.5 to 41.7 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face silt loam; 10 percent sand; 20 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; 5 percent fine prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 5 percent fine irregular white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small

Cg—106 to 154 centimeters (41.7 to 60.6 inches); 60 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) exterior and 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) exterior loam; 40 percent sand; 23 percent clay; structureless massive; loose, loose, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 10 percent fine prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of reduced iron in matrix; 3 percent fine irregular carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in auger, bucket

C—154 to 200 centimeters (60.6 to 78.7 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior gravelly coarse sand; 45 percent sand; 2 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; 20 percent by volume nonflat rounded 5-12-20 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-4-5 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n.; observed in auger, bucket