IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pratt
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988KS159003
  • User Pedon ID: 88KS159003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1988KS159003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0013
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61118
  • 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: 38.1916656
  • Std. Longitude: -98.3263855
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21S
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 1700 feet N and 1500 feet E of the SW corner
  • Location Description: 1700 feet W entered on description changed to 1700 feet N
  • 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 #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pratt
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/11/2010
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pratt
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, thermic Psammentic Haplustalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/1988
  • 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: side slope
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/1/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown 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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—43

    43—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

    3

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    180

    58

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    13

    20

    7

    14

    21

    7

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    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loamy sand; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots between peds; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00115. many fine roots between peds
    A—28 to 76 centimeters (11.0 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; loamy fine sand; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 fine roots between peds; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00116. common fine roots between peds
    Ab—76 to 127 centimeters (29.9 to 50.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; loamy fine sand; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 fine roots between peds; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00117. common fine roots between peds
    Bt1—127 to 229 centimeters (50.0 to 90.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; loamy fine sand; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00118
    Bt2—229 to 279 centimeters (90.2 to 109.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; loamy fine sand; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00119
    Bt3—279 to 356 centimeters (109.8 to 140.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00120
    C1—356 to 406 centimeters (140.2 to 159.8 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00121
    2C2—406 to 457 centimeters (159.8 to 179.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; loamy fine sand; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00122
    2C3—457 to 523 centimeters (179.9 to 205.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; loamy fine sand; 11 percent brown (7.5YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00123. common fine distinct 7.5YR52 mottles
    2C4—523 to 589 centimeters (205.9 to 231.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; loamy fine sand; slightly hard, friable; fragments; very slight effervescence. Lab sample # 89P00124