IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Zaar
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2012KS021002
  • User Pedon ID: S2012KS021002
  • User Site Association ID: MLRA 112 - Natric Project
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 13N0426
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 73062
  • 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: 37.3043694
  • Std. Longitude: -94.9396167
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: S 31, T 31, R 23
  • Map Unit: 8990—Zaar silty clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS021—Cherokee
  • MLRA: 112—Cherokee Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS021—Cherokee County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37094-C8—West Mineral, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. Campbell, S. Paine, JR Perkins
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Vertic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Zaar
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, thermic Vertic Hapludolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/20/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey residuum weathered from shale
  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Cherokee Group formation of the Pennsylvanian group.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/10/2012 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: G. Campbell, S. Paine, JR Perkins
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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

    redox concentrations

    slickensides

    gypsum accumulations

    reduced matrix

    0—102

    18—173

    56—173

    56—145

    56—145

    102—173

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    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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    268.5

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay; moderate medium granular structure; firm; many (10.0) fine roots throughout; many (10.0) fine interstitial pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N01736
    Bw1—18 to 56 centimeters (7.1 to 22.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; many (10.0) fine roots throughout; common (3.0) fine tubular pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary.
    Bw2—56 to 79 centimeters (22.0 to 31.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; common (3.0) fine roots throughout; common (3.0) fine tubular pores; 5 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine prominent reddish brown (5YR 4/3) masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions; 5 percent fine light gray (10YR 7/1) gypsum masses throughout and 5 percent fine gypsum crystals, unspecified throughout; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N01738
    Bw3—79 to 102 centimeters (31.1 to 40.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; few (0.5) fine roots throughout; common (3.0) fine tubular pores; 2 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent fine prominent brown (10YR 4/3) masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent fine light gray (10YR 7/1) gypsum masses throughout and 5 percent fine gypsum crystals, unspecified throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N01739
    Bw4—102 to 145 centimeters (40.2 to 57.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; few (0.5) fine tubular pores; 2 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions and 25 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent fine gypsum crystals, unspecified throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N01740
    Bw5—145 to 173 centimeters (57.1 to 68.1 inches); 70 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 30 percent gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; few (0.5) fine tubular pores; 5 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions; fragments. Lab sample # 13N01741