IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pratt
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987KS185001
  • User Pedon ID: 87KS185001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0657
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59952
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 37.8258324
  • Std. Longitude: -98.7080536
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25S
  • Range: 13W
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 2300 feet north and 2400 feet west of the southeast corner
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS185—Stafford
  • MLRA: 79—Great Bend Sand Plains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C.E. Watts
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, thermic Psammentic Haplustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pratt
  • PSC - 30 to 57 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pratt
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, thermic Psammentic Haplustoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: upland slope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Down: undulating
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1987 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—30

    30—57

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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

    3

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    579

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    315

    63

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    1Ap—0 to 17 centimeters (0.0 to 6.7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; loamy fine sand; weak fine granular structure; hard, very friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P03438. many fine roots throughout
    1A1—17 to 30 centimeters (6.7 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; loamy fine sand; weak medium platy, and moderate medium granular structure; hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P03439. many fine roots throughout
    1Bt—30 to 57 centimeters (11.8 to 22.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; loamy fine sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03440. many fine roots throughout
    1Ab—57 to 78 centimeters (22.4 to 30.7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; hard, very friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03441. many fine roots throughout
    1Btb—78 to 115 centimeters (30.7 to 45.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03442. Btb has lamellae up to 2cm thick with fine sandy loam texture occupying about 40% of upper part of the horizon and about 20% in the lower part of the horizon. Combined thickness of the lamellae is greater than 15 cm.; many fine roots throughout
    1BC—115 to 140 centimeters (45.3 to 55.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, moist; loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03443. many fine roots throughout
    1C1—140 to 190 centimeters (55.1 to 74.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 2.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03444. common fine roots throughout
    1C2—190 to 220 centimeters (74.8 to 86.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; fragments. Lab sample # 87P03445