IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Harney
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2018KS051001
  • User Pedon ID: S2018KS051001
  • User Site Association ID: NSF Project on the Microbiome of Aquatic Plants and Soils
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 19N0200
  • User Project ID: NSP
  • Project Name: NSF project on the Microbiome of Aquatic plants and Soils across KS
  • Print Date: 12/6/2025

    • 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: 38.8443000
  • Std. Longitude: -99.3162730
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14
  • Range: 18
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 872 feet north and 477 feet east of the SW corner
  • Location Description: One mile south of Hays, KS in an area replanted to grass.
  • Map Unit: 2612—Harney silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS051—Ellis
  • MLRA: 73—Rolling Plains and Breaks
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS051—Ellis County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38099-G3—Hays South, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. Bricknell, R. Still
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Harney
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Argiustolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 30 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/27/2018
  • Classifier - L. Bricknell
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 36 percent of particle size control section clay


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • 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
    R073XY100KS Loamy Plains

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/23/2018 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    secondary carbonates

    free carbonates

    0—30

    30—216

    52—216

    52—216

    —30—

    —186—

    —164—

    —164—
    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

    1

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    612

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) broken face, black (10YR 2/1) broken face, moist; silt loam; 24 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; common (3.0) very fine roots throughout and common (3.0) fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 19N01065; observed in trench
    A—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; silt loam; 24 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; common (3.0) very fine roots throughout and common (1.0) fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 19N01066; observed in trench
    Bt—30 to 52 centimeters (11.8 to 20.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 34 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; common (2.0) very fine roots throughout; common (1.0) very fine and common (1.0) fine pores; 45 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 19N01067; observed in trench
    Btk1—52 to 68 centimeters (20.5 to 26.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 38 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; common (2.0) very fine roots throughout; common (2.0) very fine pores; 60 percent clay films; 3 percent fine threadlike noncoherent cemented carbonate masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 19N01068; observed in trench
    Btk2—68 to 90 centimeters (26.8 to 35.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) broken face, brown (7.5YR 4/2) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 36 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; common (1.0) very fine roots throughout; common (2.0) very fine and common (2.0) fine pores; 3 percent carbonate coats and 45 percent clay films; 3 percent medium threadlike noncoherent cemented carbonate masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 19N01069; observed in trench
    Btk3—90 to 141 centimeters (35.4 to 55.5 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) broken face, brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 34 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; hard, firm; common (1.0) very fine roots throughout; common (3.0) very fine and common (3.0) fine pores; 8 percent carbonate coats and 35 percent clay films; 4 percent threadlike noncoherent cemented carbonate masses throughout and 4 percent spherical weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions throughout and 2 percent irregular weakly coherent cemented carbonate nodules throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 19N01070; observed in trench
    Btk4—141 to 179 centimeters (55.5 to 70.5 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 29 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm; common (1.0) very fine roots throughout; common (2.0) very fine and common (1.0) fine pores; 3 percent clay films; 6 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses throughout and 2 percent fine irregular weakly coherent cemented carbonate nodules throughout and 2 percent very coarse irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 19N01071; observed in trench
    Btk5—179 to 216 centimeters (70.5 to 85.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, moist; silt loam; 25 percent sand; 21 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable; common (1.0) very fine roots throughout; common (3.0) very fine and common (1.0) fine pores; 1 percent clay films; 2 percent fine threadlike noncoherent cemented carbonate masses throughout and 5 percent medium irregular weakly coherent cemented carbonate nodules throughout and 3 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 19N01072; observed in trench