IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Zaar
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2016KS073001
  • User Pedon ID: S2016KS073001
  • User Site Association ID: MLRA 112 - Zaar project
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 17N0565
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 87762
  • 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: 37.9173500
  • Std. Longitude: -96.3991850
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24 S
  • Range: 9 E
  • Section: 34
  • Map Unit: 8990—Zaar silty clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS073—Greenwood
  • MLRA: 76—Bluestem Hills
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37096-H4—Lapland, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Gene Campbell, John Patton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Vertic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Zaar
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, thermic Vertic Hapludolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 30 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/2016
  • Classifier - Gene Campbell, John Patton
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey residuum weathered from shale
  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    R112XY007KS Clay Upland (PE 35-42)

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/2016 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: GC, JCP
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap

    A

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    Bty

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    0

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    53

    81

    118

    152

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Ap

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    Bty

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Ap

    A

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Bty

    2Bt1

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    0—53

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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

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay; 50 percent silt; 43 percent clay; weak fine prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; common fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N02883
    A—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay; 51 percent silt; 43 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; common fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N02884
    Bt1—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay; 50 percent silt; 43 percent clay; firm; common fine roots throughout; 25 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay films; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N02885
    Bt2—53 to 81 centimeters (20.9 to 31.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay; 50 percent silt; 44 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; few fine roots throughout; 25 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay films; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N02886
    Bty—81 to 118 centimeters (31.9 to 46.5 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay; 51 percent silt; 44 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films; 1 percent fine yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 8 percent gypsum, finely disseminated throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N02887
    2Bt1—118 to 152 centimeters (46.5 to 59.8 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay; 52 percent silt; 44 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 30 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films; 3 percent medium black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses and 10 percent medium yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-2-5 millimeter chert fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N02888
    2Bt2—152 to 200 centimeters (59.8 to 78.7 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay; 50 percent silt; 45 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 30 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films; 5 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses and 10 percent fine yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron on surfaces along root channels and 25 percent coarse strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # 17N02889