IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Solvay
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 04KS079CAS001
  • User Pedon ID: 04KS079CAS001
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 07904KS079-6330-001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 04KS079CAS
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40198
  • 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: 38.0448227
  • Std. Longitude: -97.5917740
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23
  • Range: 2w
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 85 feet east and 551 feet north of the southwest corner
  • Map Unit: Ca—CARWILE FINE SANDY LOAM, 0 TO 1 PERCENT SLOPES
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS079—Harvey
  • MLRA: 75—Central Loess Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS079—Harvey County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38097-A5—Halstead, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ryan Still
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Solvay
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaqualfs
  • PSC - 17 to 67 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/18/2005
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 28.8 percent of control section clay and 36 cm of Depth to redoximorphic features


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy eolian deposits over older loamy alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: paleoterrace
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/18/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • 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—17

    17—165

    —17—

    —148—
    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

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    432.5

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    270

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    Ap—0 to 17 centimeters (0.0 to 6.7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed fine sandy loam; 15 percent clay; weak medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3115; observed in push tube
    2Bt1—17 to 36 centimeters (6.7 to 14.2 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face sandy clay loam; 27 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 20 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3116; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 279147; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 279147
    2Bt2—36 to 66 centimeters (14.2 to 26.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face sandy clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 20 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine distinct irregular iron depletions on faces of peds and 5 percent fine prominent irregular masses of oxidized iron on surfaces along root channels; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3117; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 279148; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 279148
    2Bt3—66 to 86 centimeters (26.0 to 33.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face sandy clay loam; 33 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 10 percent prominent skeletans on vertical faces of peds and 20 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium prominent dendritic light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on surfaces along root channels; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3118; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 279149; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 279150; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 279149; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 279150
    2Btk—86 to 107 centimeters (33.9 to 42.1 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) broken face sandy clay loam; 31 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium prominent dendritic 2.5Y 6/5 (2.5Y 6/5), moist, masses of oxidized iron on surfaces along root channels; 10 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses throughout and 5 percent medium prominent irregular strongly coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate concretions throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3119; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 279151; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 279151
    2Bt4—107 to 127 centimeters (42.1 to 50.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) broken face sandy clay loam; 25 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 10 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent medium prominent dendritic strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron on surfaces along root channels; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3120; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 279152; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 279152
    2Bt5—127 to 165 centimeters (50.0 to 65.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face sandy clay loam; 22 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 20 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains; 3 percent medium prominent irregular black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses throughout and 35 percent coarse prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3121; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 279153; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 279153
    2C—165 to 220 centimeters (65.0 to 86.6 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) broken face fine sandy loam; 16 percent clay; structureless massive, and structureless single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 40 percent coarse prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3122; observed in push tube