IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Zaar
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2016KS133001
  • User Pedon ID: S2016KS133001
  • User Site Association ID: MLRA 112 - Zaar project
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 17N0568
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 87520
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 37.6304833
  • Std. Longitude: -95.1556267
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28 S
  • Range: 21 E
  • Section: 7
  • Map Unit: 8990—Zaar silty clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS133—Neosho
  • MLRA: 112—Cherokee Prairies
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37095-F2—Stark, 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
  • Classificaton Date - 11/18/2016
  • Classifier - JCP,SSC
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • 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: 11/15/2016 (actual site observation date)
  • 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 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

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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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    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

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

    mollic epipedon

    0—91

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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 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; 5.0 very fine roots and 2.0 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N02904
    Bt1—10 to 41 centimeters (3.9 to 16.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay; weak fine prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; 2.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 30 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films; 1 percent fine dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron and 2 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N02905
    Bt2—41 to 91 centimeters (16.1 to 35.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; 3.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; pressure faces and black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains and 35 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films; 2 percent fine dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 5 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N02906
    Bt3—91 to 128 centimeters (35.8 to 50.4 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay; weak fine prismatic parts to weak fine wedge structure; 2.0 very fine roots; pressure faces and 20 percent prominent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films; 1 percent coarse yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent medium black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses and 2 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 15 percent fine dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N02907
    Bt4—128 to 168 centimeters (50.4 to 66.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and gray (10YR 6/1) silty clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium wedge structure; pressure faces and 45 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films; 1 percent fine masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses and 2 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 25 percent fine iron depletions; 5 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N02908
    Bt5—168 to 210 centimeters (66.1 to 82.7 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay; moderate fine prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; pressure faces and 30 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films; 1 percent fine yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 30 percent coarse yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 30 percent medium black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses and 35 percent fine dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent carbonate concretions; fragments. Lab sample # 17N02909