IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Harney
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 92KS065001
  • User Pedon ID: 92KS065001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P1084
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65323
  • 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: 39.4223137
  • Std. Longitude: -99.8393021
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7S
  • Range: 23W
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: 200 feet South and 1650 feet East of Northwest corner of section 25 T.7 S., R.23W.
  • Location Description: 200 feet South and 1650 feet East of Northwest corner of section 25 T.7 S., R.23W.
  • Map Unit: Uc—ULY SILT LOAM, 2 TO 6 PERCENT SLOPES2817—Uly silt loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS065—Graham
  • MLRA: 73—Rolling Plains and Breaks
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS065—Graham County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39099-D7—Hill City North, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Tricks
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: crop yield data site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Harney
  • PSC - 26 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/24/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Holdrege
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiustolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/16/1992
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess derived from mixed-calcareous
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: and a dip of 1 to 1 degrees
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/16/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 25
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    0—26

    26—65

    85—343

    —26—

    —39—

    —258—
    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

    5

    91

    45.7

    689

    —

    180

    584

    —

    —

    11.7

    24.4

    -1.1

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    Ap1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; weak very fine and fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P06830; moist when described;
    Ap2—5 to 12 centimeters (2.0 to 4.7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; moderate fine granular, and moderate medium platy structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P06831; moist when described;
    AB—12 to 26 centimeters (4.7 to 10.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; moderate medium granular, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P06832; moist when described;. texture slightly more clayey than overlying horizon
    Bt1—26 to 40 centimeters (10.2 to 15.7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak fine and medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, firm; 5.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 2.0 very fine and fine low-continuity tubular pores; 50 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P06833; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 27457; continuous - phpvsfiid 27457
    Bt2—40 to 50 centimeters (15.7 to 19.7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak fine and medium prismatic structure; hard, firm; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 1.0 very fine and fine low-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent prominent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) organic stains on vertical faces of peds and 50 percent faint dark brown (10YR 3/3) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P06834; moist when described;. boundary appeared truncated, texture more clayey than overlying horizon; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 27459; continuous - phpvsfiid 27458; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 27459; continuous - phpvsfiid 27458
    Bt3—50 to 65 centimeters (19.7 to 25.6 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak fine and medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, firm; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 1.0 very fine and fine low-continuity tubular pores; 20 percent prominent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains on vertical faces of peds and 30 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P06835; moist when described;. boundary appeared truncated; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 27460; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 27461; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 27460; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 27461
    BC—65 to 85 centimeters (25.6 to 33.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 5.0 fine and medium low-continuity tubular pores; 15 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P06836; moist when described;. Krotovina-mixed 10YR 3/2-5/3, 7cm in diameter; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 27462; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 27462
    Ck1—85 to 123 centimeters (33.5 to 48.4 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silt loam; moderate medium prismatic, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 10.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 50 percent fine and medium threadlike carbonate threads; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P06837; dry when described;. CaCO3 films on vertical faces
    Ck2—123 to 170 centimeters (48.4 to 66.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 10.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 25 percent fine and medium threadlike carbonate threads and 2 percent fine and medium spherical worm nodules; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P06838; dry when described;
    Ck3—170 to 227 centimeters (66.9 to 89.4 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout and ; 5.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 15 percent fine and medium threadlike carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P06839; dry when described;. Krotovina-mixed 10YR 4/2-7/3, 17cm in diameter, rodent incisor remains
    Ck4—227 to 303 centimeters (89.4 to 119.3 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable; 1.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 20.0 fine to coarse high-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 10 percent fine and medium threadlike carbonate threads and 10 percent medium spherical worm casts and 10 percent medium and coarse spherical worm nodules; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P06840; dry when described;
    C5—303 to 343 centimeters (119.3 to 135.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loam; weak medium prismatic structure; loose, very friable; 1.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 5.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent fine threadlike carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 92P06841; dry when described;