IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Holdrege
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 68KS137002
  • User Pedon ID: 68KS137002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1876
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36034
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 39.8405075
  • Std. Longitude: -99.9596558
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 23W
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 1150 feet E and 600 feet S of the NW corner
  • Location Description: Norton County, KS.
  • Map Unit: Hp—HOLDREGE SILT LOAM, 1 TO 3 PERCENT SLOPES2668—Holdrege silt loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS137—Norton
  • MLRA: 73—Rolling Plains and Breaks
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS137—Norton County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39099-G8—Norton, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. D. Palmer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Holdrege
  • PSC - 28 to 74 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/23/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Holdrege
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiustolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landscape: upland
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • 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
    R073XY015KS Loamy Upland - Draft (April 2010) (PE 20-26)

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1968 (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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    0—28

    28—74

    74—152

    —28—

    —46—

    —78—
    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

    —

    —

    —

    —

    604

    —

    —

    12

    26

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    1A p—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, moist; silt loam; weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14961. 380; many fine roots
    1A 3—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, moist; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14962. 381; many fine roots
    1B 21t—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; structureless very fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14963. 382
    1B 22t—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and strong fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; coats on faces of peds and clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14964. 383; shiny coats on faces of peds.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 988477; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 988477
    1B 23t—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 5.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14965. 384
    1B 3ca—74 to 107 centimeters (29.1 to 42.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 1 percent fine lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14966. 385; few fine threads and soft accumulations of lime.; few fine soft masses of lime concentrations
    1C ca—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; soft, very friable; 1 percent fine lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A14967. 386; few fine threads and soft accumulations of lime.; few fine soft masses of lime concentrations