IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dale
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984KS033001
  • User Pedon ID: 84KS033001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1984KS033001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0695
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 54939
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • 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: 37.0902786
  • Std. Longitude: -99.4402771
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 34S
  • Range: 20W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 2175 feet west and 175 feet south of the northeast corner
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS033—Comanche
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS033—Comanche County, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bruce R. Hoffman
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dale
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/6/1984
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/6/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ALOPE

    DISTI

    SPAI

    Alopecurus

    Distichlis

    Sporobolus airoides

    foxtail

    saltgrass

    alkali sacaton

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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

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    559

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    13.3

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; silt loam; weak coarse platy structure; hard, friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P03843
    A—20 to 50 centimeters (7.9 to 19.7 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P03844
    Bw1—50 to 71 centimeters (19.7 to 28.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), dry; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P03845
    Bw2—71 to 91 centimeters (28.0 to 35.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P03846
    C—91 to 109 centimeters (35.8 to 42.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), pink (5YR 7/4), dry; silt loam; massive; hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P03847
    Ab—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; massive; hard, friable; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 84P03848