IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Valent
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991KS081017
  • User Pedon ID: 91KS081017
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0818
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63856
  • 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: 37.7069435
  • Std. Longitude: -101.0136108
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27S
  • Range: 34W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4, NW 1/4
  • Location Description: Hickok NE Quad, USGS.
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS081—Haskell
  • MLRA: 72—Central High Tableland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. Glaum, C. Olson, J. McDowell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Ustic Torripsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 17
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Valent
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tivoli
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, thermic Typic Ustipsamment
  • 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
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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04940
    AC—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; very fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04941
    C1—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; very fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04942
    C2—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; soft, friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04943
    C3—71 to 114 centimeters (28.0 to 44.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loamy sand; massive; soft, friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04944
    C4—114 to 145 centimeters (44.9 to 57.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, friable; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04945
    C5—145 to 249 centimeters (57.1 to 98.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loamy fine sand; massive; soft, friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04946. stratified with respect to carbonate, approximately alternating 2-3 inches(5-8 cm) carbonates are weakly present then 2-3 inches(5-8 cm no carbonates - small not subdivided as no immediate textural differences were observed
    2Bt—249 to 274 centimeters (98.0 to 107.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04947. 2Bt is top of truncated buried soil - the entire buried solum can be found at site 16 beneath dune sands and only the lower part is present at site 11; threads of carbonate
    2Btk—274 to 292 centimeters (107.9 to 115.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silt loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 11 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04948. common fine and medium carbonate threads concentrations
    2Btk2—292 to 318 centimeters (115.0 to 125.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04949
    2BC—318 to 356 centimeters (125.2 to 140.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak fine blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04950
    3C1—356 to 384 centimeters (140.2 to 151.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; very fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04951
    3C2—384 to 404 centimeters (151.2 to 159.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 91P04952