IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Inavale
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 09KS1571050
  • User Pedon ID: 09KS1571050
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 09KS1571050
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40909
  • 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: 39.9425316
  • Std. Longitude: -97.8613205
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1 S.
  • Range: 5 W.
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4 of the corner
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS157—Republic
  • MLRA: 74—Central Kansas Sandstone Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS157—Republic County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39097-H7—Republic, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Gienger
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Udic Ustifluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Inavale
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Udic Ustifluvents
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/24/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 78 cm of Top effervescence


    • SITE

  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for brief periods
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/24/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 9
  • 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
  • Yield Study ID -
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    redox concentrations

    endosaturation

    0—15

    97—

    170—

    —15—

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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

    1

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    454

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    275

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior loamy sand; 93 percent sand; 2 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 3-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4575; dry when described; observed in auger, bucket
    C1—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior sand; 95 percent sand; 1 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4576; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket. 2% clay balls thought horizon.
    C2—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior sandy loam; 75 percent sand; 14 percent clay; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4577; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    C3—58 to 78 centimeters (22.8 to 30.7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior sand; 95 percent sand; 1 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4578; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    C4—78 to 97 centimeters (30.7 to 38.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior very fine sandy loam; 75 percent sand; 12 percent clay; massive; soft, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4579; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    C5—97 to 135 centimeters (38.2 to 53.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior loamy very fine sand; 88 percent sand; 8 percent clay; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4580; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    C6—135 to 170 centimeters (53.1 to 66.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior very fine sandy loam; 75 percent sand; 14 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4581; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    C7—170 to 200 centimeters (66.9 to 78.7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior very fine sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 16 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # KSUSS4582; wet when described; observed in auger, bucket