IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pratt
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988KS159004
  • User Pedon ID: 88KS159004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0014
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61119
  • 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: 38.1824989
  • Std. Longitude: -98.3252792
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21S
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 2000 feet S and 100 feet E of the NW 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 #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pratt
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, thermic Psammentic Haplustalfs
  • PSC - 28 to 89 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1988
  • 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: 10/1/1988 (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

    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

    —

    —

    —

    13

    20

    7

    14

    21

    7

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    A1—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loamy fine sand; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 fine roots between peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00125. common fine roots between peds
    Ac—23 to 48 centimeters (9.1 to 18.9 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; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00126. common fine roots between peds
    C1—48 to 89 centimeters (18.9 to 35.0 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; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00127. common fine roots between peds
    C2—89 to 140 centimeters (35.0 to 55.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; loamy fine sand; massive; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 fine roots between peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00128. common fine roots between peds
    C3—140 to 180 centimeters (55.1 to 70.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; loamy fine sand; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots between peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00129. many fine roots between peds
    2C4—180 to 196 centimeters (70.9 to 77.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loam; 11 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00130. common fine distinct 7.5YR44 mottles
    3C5—196 to 206 centimeters (77.2 to 81.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; fine sandy loam; slightly hard, friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00131
    3C6—206 to 224 centimeters (81.1 to 88.2 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; loamy fine sand; slightly hard, friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00132
    3C7—224 to 249 centimeters (88.2 to 98.0 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist; loamy fine sand; slightly hard, friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00133
    3C8—249 to 348 centimeters (98.0 to 137.0 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; loamy fine sand; slightly hard, friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00134
    3C9—348 to 518 centimeters (137.0 to 203.9 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; fine sandy loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine faint mottles; massive; organic stains; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00136. common fine faint 7.5YR58 mottles