IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Naron
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 04KS079481
  • User Pedon ID: 04KS079481
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 07904KS079-5910-002
  • Transect Stop Number - 11
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 04KS079481
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40197
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 37.9668579
  • Std. Longitude: -97.4553452
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24
  • Range: 1w
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 2474 feet east and 1629 feet south of northwest corner
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS079—Harvey
  • MLRA: 75—Central Loess Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS079—Harvey County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37097-H4—Sedgwick, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Gary Parks
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Udic Haplustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Naron
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Udic Haplustalfs
  • PSC - 18 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/4/2005
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 26 percent of control section clay


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy eolian deposits over eolian sands
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: dune on paleoterrace
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/4/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 29
  • 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 Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—18

    18—147

    —18—

    —129—
    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

    2

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    433

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    270

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    Ap1—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; loamy sand; 7 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; 7 Percent of Control section clay; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3140; observed in push tube
    Ap2—12 to 18 centimeters (4.7 to 7.1 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; loamy sand; 10 percent clay; weak fine angular blocky parts to weak single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; 10 Percent of Control section clay; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3141; observed in push tube
    Bt1—18 to 49 centimeters (7.1 to 19.3 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; loam; 24 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 5.0 very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 3 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds and 10 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; 24 Percent of Control section clay; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3142; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 280069; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 280070; patchy - phpvsfiid 280069; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 280070
    Bt2—49 to 81 centimeters (19.3 to 31.9 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; clay loam; 29 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 10.0 fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 10 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; 29 Percent of Control section clay; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3143; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 280071; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 280071
    Bt3—81 to 116 centimeters (31.9 to 45.7 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; clay loam; 32 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 10.0 fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 20 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; 32 Percent of Control section clay; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3144; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 280072; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 280072
    Bt4—116 to 147 centimeters (45.7 to 57.9 inches);, strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior, moist; sandy loam; 18 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 5.0 very fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 5 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; 18 Percent of Control section clay; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3145; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 280073; patchy - phpvsfiid 280073
    2Bt—147 to 200 centimeters (57.9 to 78.7 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; sandy loam; 15 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 5 percent faint clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; 15 Percent of Control section clay; clear smooth boundary.; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 280074; patchy - phpvsfiid 280074
    2E—147 to 200 centimeters (57.9 to 78.7 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; loamy sand; 7 percent clay; structureless single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; fragments; 7 Percent of Control section clay; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3146; observed in push tube