IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Richfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 95KS071002
  • User Pedon ID: 95KS071002
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 95KS071002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41072
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 38.3047218
  • Std. Longitude: -101.8480530
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1300 feet west, 300 feet south of the northeast corner of section 21, Township 20 South, Range 41 West.
  • State: Kansas
  • MLRA: 72—Central High Tableland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS071—Greeley County, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. Graber
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Richfield
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Classificaton Date - 10/31/1995
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/31/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 40
  • 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

    0—41

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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

    1

    —

    —

    1119

    —

    180

    432

    —

    —

    11.7

    23.9

    0

    10.6

    —

    —

    —

    —

    4665

    Leoti

    CLIM
    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1018
    A—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; weak fine angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1019
    Bt1—18 to 41 centimeters (7.1 to 16.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 5 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1020. continuous - phpvsfiid 30278; continuous - phpvsfiid 30278
    Bt2—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; weak medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 5 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1021. continuous - phpvsfiid 30279; continuous - phpvsfiid 30279
    BCk—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; weak fine angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent fine irregular carbonate threads throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1022
    C1—84 to 122 centimeters (33.1 to 48.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; weak fine angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent fine irregular carbonate threads throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1023
    C2—122 to 229 centimeters (48.0 to 90.2 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # KSUSS1024