IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pratt
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988KS159001
  • User Pedon ID: 88KS159001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1988KS159001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0009
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61114
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 38.1788902
  • Std. Longitude: -98.3211136
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21S
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 2000 feet N and 1300 feet E of the SW corner
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS159—Rice
  • MLRA: 75—Central Loess 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 - 28 to 89 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pratt
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, thermic Psammentic Haplustalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: low sand ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Shape Down: undulating
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1988 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    TRITI

    Triticum

    wheat

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    argillic horizon

    28—66

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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

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    0

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    13

    20

    7

    14

    21

    7

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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 fine roots between peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00060. common fine roots between peds
    A—10 to 43 centimeters (3.9 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loamy fine sand; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 fine roots between peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00061. common fine roots between peds
    Bt—43 to 66 centimeters (16.9 to 26.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; loamy fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots between peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00062. few fine roots between peds
    C—66 to 89 centimeters (26.0 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist; loamy fine sand; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots between peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00063. few fine roots between peds
    Ab—89 to 124 centimeters (35.0 to 48.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots between peds; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00064. few fine roots between peds
    Bb—124 to 160 centimeters (48.8 to 63.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; clay loam; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots between peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00065. few fine roots between peds; few fine distinct 7.5YR44 mottles
    2C1—160 to 173 centimeters (63.0 to 68.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; fine sandy loam; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots between peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00066. few fine roots between peds; few fine distinct 7.5YR44 mottles
    2C2—173 to 191 centimeters (68.1 to 75.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; loamy fine sand; 11 percent yellow (10YR 7/6) fine faint mottles; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots between peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00067. few fine roots between peds; common fine faint 10YR76 mottles
    2C3—191 to 241 centimeters (75.2 to 94.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; loamy fine sand; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots between peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00068. few fine roots between peds; few fine faint 7.5YR56 mottles
    3C4—241 to 262 centimeters (94.9 to 103.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00069. few fine distinct 7.5YR56 mottles
    3C5—262 to 284 centimeters (103.1 to 111.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00070. few fine distinct 7.5YR56 mottles
    3C6—284 to 297 centimeters (111.8 to 116.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 1 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/4) fine distinct mottles; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00071. few fine distinct 7.5YR64 mottles
    3C7—297 to 320 centimeters (116.9 to 126.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; loamy fine sand; 1 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/4) fine distinct mottles; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00072. few fine distinct 7.5YR64 mottles
    4C8—320 to 340 centimeters (126.0 to 133.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine faint mottles; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00073. few fine faint 7.5YR44 mottles
    4C9—340 to 381 centimeters (133.9 to 150.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; loam; massive; slightly hard, friable; fragments. Lab sample # 89P00074