IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Harney
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 09KS123001
  • User Pedon ID: 09KS123001
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 09KS123001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40898
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 39.4373322
  • Std. Longitude: -98.2101669
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7 S.
  • Range: 8 W.
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 27 M north and 27 M west of the SE1/4 corner
  • Location Description: About 2 miles south and 5.5 miles west of Beloit, Kansas.
  • Map Unit: 2623—Harney-Mento complex, 3 to 7 percent slopes
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS123—Mitchell
  • MLRA: 73—Rolling Plains and Breaks
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS123—Mitchell County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39098-D2—Solomon Rapids, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Wood, and J. Gienger
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Harney
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Argiustolls
  • PSC - 57 to 107 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/7/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 37 percent of Control Section Clay


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-silty loess
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/7/2008 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 18
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    0—34

    57—113

    84—210

    —34—

    —113—

    —210—
    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

    5

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    454

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    345

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    Ap1—0 to 19 centimeters (0.0 to 7.5 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; 35 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4188; observed in push tube
    Ap2—19 to 34 centimeters (7.5 to 13.4 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) crushed, moist; silt loam; 23 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4189; observed in push tube
    Ap3—34 to 57 centimeters (13.4 to 22.4 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 38 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 3 percent by volume angular moderately coherent cemented 2-3-5 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4190; observed in push tube
    Bt1—57 to 84 centimeters (22.4 to 33.1 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; silty clay; 41 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; slow permeability; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular and 1.0 fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 6 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4191; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 433494; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 433494
    Bt2—84 to 113 centimeters (33.1 to 44.5 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 33 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine faint threadlike carbonate masses throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4192; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 433495; continuous - phpvsfiid 433495
    Bk1—113 to 145 centimeters (44.5 to 57.1 inches);, 80 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior and 20 percent brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 6.0 very fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular and 2.0 fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 2 percent fine faint threadlike carbonate masses throughout and 15 percent fine distinct irregular carbonate nodules throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4193; observed in push tube
    Bk2—145 to 162 centimeters (57.1 to 63.8 inches);, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular and 2.0 fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 5 percent fine faint threadlike carbonate masses throughout and 5 percent fine faint irregular carbonate concretions throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4194; observed in push tube
    Bk3—162 to 210 centimeters (63.8 to 82.7 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 27 percent clay; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 3 percent fine faint threadlike carbonate masses throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # KSUSS4195; observed in push tube