IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973KS185001
  • User Pedon ID: 73KS185001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1883
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36041
  • Print Date: 4/27/2024

    • 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: 37.9599991
  • Std. Longitude: -98.9352798
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24S
  • Range: 14W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 1400 feet N and 1360 feet W of the SE corner
  • Location Description: Stafford County, KS.
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS185—Stafford

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. R. Hoffman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Leptic Natrustolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Unnamed
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Leptic Natrustolls
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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

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    64

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    14

    27

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    1A1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15007. many fine roots
    1B2t—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium columnar structure; hard, firm; 5.5 fine roots; 30 percent carbonate masses and 30 percent salt masses; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15008. 396; many nests of salts and carbonates.; many soft masses of carbonate concentrations; many salt masses concentrations; many fine roots
    1C1—30 to 76 centimeters (11.8 to 29.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; structureless massive; slightly hard, friable; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15009. 397; common medium distinct 7.5YR56 mottles
    1C2—76 to 152 centimeters (29.9 to 59.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; loamy fine sand; 11 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) coarse distinct mottles; structureless single grain; loose; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A15010. common coarse distinct 7.5YR68 mottles