IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Satanta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992KS175001
  • User Pedon ID: 92KS175001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0097
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65441
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • 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: 37.2634410
  • Std. Longitude: -101.0127778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32S
  • Range: 34W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 2,270 feet north and 280 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: About 29 km N of Liberal, KS off R#88.
  • Map Unit: 1511—Atchison loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS175—Seward
  • MLRA: 77—Southern High Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS175—Seward County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37101-C1—Moscow SE, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Steve Herriman and Troy Collier
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Satanta
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 18 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/2018
  • Classifier - Tom Cochran
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • QC Status: level 3
  • QA Status: level 3


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/29/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 13
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    free carbonates

    0—18

    18—76

    33—122

    33—254

    —18—

    —58—

    —89—

    —221—
    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

    —

    —

    —

    892.2

    —

    440

    —

    —

    14

    26

    1

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    —

    —

    —

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; weak fine granular structure; hard; fragments; very slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P00669
    Bt—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard; 95 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P00670
    Btk1—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard; 75 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine white (10YR 8/1) carbonate nodules between peds; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 93P00671
    Btk2—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard; 30 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent fine and medium white (10YR 8/1) carbonate nodules between peds; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 93P00672
    Bk—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; sandy clay loam; massive; slightly hard; 10 percent faint black stains between sand grains; 1 percent medium white (10YR 8/1) carbonate nodules between peds; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 93P00673
    BCk—102 to 122 centimeters (40.2 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; massive; soft; 10 percent faint black stains between sand grains; 1 percent coarse white (10YR 8/1) carbonate nodules between peds; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 93P00674
    C1—122 to 142 centimeters (48.0 to 55.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; massive; soft; 10 percent faint black stains between sand grains; 1 percent coarse white (10YR 8/1) carbonate nodules between peds; fragments; strong effervescence; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 93P00675
    C2—142 to 173 centimeters (55.9 to 68.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; sandy loam; soft; 10 percent faint black stains between sand grains; 1 percent fine white (10YR 8/1) carbonate threads between peds; fragments; strong effervescence; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 93P00676. auger sample
    C3—173 to 193 centimeters (68.1 to 76.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; sandy loam; soft; 10 percent faint black stains between sand grains; 1 percent fine white (10YR 8/1) carbonate threads between peds; fragments; strong effervescence; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 93P00677. auger sample
    C4—193 to 254 centimeters (76.0 to 100.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; sandy loam; soft; 10 percent faint black stains between sand grains; 1 percent fine white (10YR 8/1) carbonate threads between peds; fragments; strong effervescence; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 93P00678
    C5—254 to 282 centimeters (100.0 to 111.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; sandy loam; soft; 10 percent faint black stains between sand grains; 1 percent fine white (10YR 8/1) carbonate concretions between peds; fragments; strong effervescence; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 93P00679
    C6—282 to 310 centimeters (111.0 to 122.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; sandy loam; soft; 10 percent faint black stains between sand grains; 1 percent fine white (10YR 8/1) carbonate concretions between peds; fragments; strong effervescence; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 93P00680
    C7—310 to 343 centimeters (122.0 to 135.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; sandy loam; soft; 10 percent faint black stains between sand grains; 1 percent fine white (10YR 8/1) carbonate concretions between peds; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 93P00681
    2Btb1—343 to 376 centimeters (135.0 to 148.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; clay loam; friable; 75 percent faint black stains between sand grains; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 93P00682
    2Btb2—376 to 409 centimeters (148.0 to 161.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; loam; friable; 75 percent faint black stains between sand grains; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 93P00683
    2C1—409 to 439 centimeters (161.0 to 172.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; firm; 30 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 93P00684
    2C2—439 to 480 centimeters (172.8 to 189.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; firm; 30 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 93P00685
    2C3—480 to 511 centimeters (189.0 to 201.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; firm; 30 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 93P00686
    2Btb1—511 to 536 centimeters (201.2 to 211.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; very firm; 75 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 93P00687
    2Btb2—536 to 566 centimeters (211.0 to 222.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; firm; 75 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine white (10YR 8/1) carbonate nodules between peds; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 93P00688