IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Holdrege
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991KS057001
  • User Pedon ID: 91KS057001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0802
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63840
  • 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: 37.6336098
  • Std. Longitude: -100.1444473
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28S
  • Range: 27W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 1/10 mile east, 1/10 mile south of NE 1/4
  • Location Description: R. 27 E recorded on description changed to R. 27 W
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS057—Ford
  • MLRA: 72—Central High Tableland

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, smectitic, mesic Typic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Holdrege
  • 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 - 6/1/1991
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04689. many fine roots throughout
    BA—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04690. many fine roots throughout
    Bt1—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 fine roots throughout; 5.5 fine tubular pores; 2 percent faint dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04691. very few clay films surface features; common fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 227051; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 227051
    Bt2—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay loam; 2.5 fine roots throughout; 5.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04692. few clay films surface features; common fine roots throughout
    Bt3—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; fragments. Lab sample # 91P04693
    Btk—84 to 104 centimeters (33.1 to 40.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; 2.5 fine roots throughout; 15 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry, clay films; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04694. few fine lime threads on filaments; few clay films surface features; common fine roots throughout
    Bk1—104 to 127 centimeters (40.9 to 50.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04695. common soft carbonate mass 10YR 7/1
    Bk2—127 to 173 centimeters (50.0 to 68.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04696. many common lime threads; few fine lime concretions
    Bk3—173 to 218 centimeters (68.1 to 85.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04697. same as horizon above except for color
    Bk4—218 to 264 centimeters (85.8 to 103.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 11 percent fine irregular carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence, by hydrogen peroxide, 3-4%; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04698. common fine carbonate threads concentrations; effervescence is continuous
    Bk5—264 to 290 centimeters (103.9 to 114.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 11 percent irregular carbonate masses and 30 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate threads; fragments. Lab sample # 91P04699. same as above except for CaCO3 and color; many fine and medium carbonate threads concentrations; common soft masses of carbonate concentrations
    Bk6—290 to 323 centimeters (114.2 to 127.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silty clay loam; slightly hard, friable; 11 percent fine irregular carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence, by hydrogen peroxide, 3-4%; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04700. common fine carbonate threads concentrations; effervescence is continuous
    Bk7—323 to 358 centimeters (127.2 to 140.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4); 30 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate masses; fragments. Lab sample # 91P04701. many CaCO3; many fine and medium soft masses of carbonate concentrations
    Bk8—358 to 391 centimeters (140.9 to 153.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 11 percent fine irregular carbonate threads and 11 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hydrogen peroxide, 3-4%; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04702. common CaCO3 masses; few CaCO3 threads; common fine and medium soft masses of carbonate concentrations; common fine carbonate threads concentrations; effervescence is continuous
    C1—391 to 424 centimeters (153.9 to 166.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; massive; 11 percent fine irregular carbonate masses; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04703. few CaCO3 masses; common fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations