IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Harney
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985KS089016
  • User Pedon ID: 85KS089016
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0814
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57080
  • 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: 39.7133331
  • Std. Longitude: -98.1849976
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4S
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 275 feet North and 2380 feet East of the SW corner of the SW quarter
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS089—Jewell
  • MLRA: 73—Rolling Plains and Breaks
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M. L. Horsch
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 16
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Harney
  • PSC - 33 to 79 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Harney
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Typic Argiustoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    0—33

    33—79

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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

    2

    225

    69

    1A—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, moist; silt loam; 26 percent clay; strong medium granular structure; soft, friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04352; dry when described;. many fine roots throughout
    1AB—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 29 percent clay; strong coarse granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; dry when described;. many fine roots throughout
    1Bt1—33 to 58 centimeters (13.0 to 22.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 36 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04353; moist when described;. few fine roots throughout
    1Bt2—58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 38 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04354; moist when described;. few fine roots throughout
    1BCk—79 to 97 centimeters (31.1 to 38.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 26 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate masses and 1 percent fine spherical carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04355; moist when described;. few fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few fine carbonate concretions concentrations; few fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    1Ck—97 to 152 centimeters (38.2 to 59.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 25 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 85P04356; moist when described;. few fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous