IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Holdrege
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 97KS039004
  • User Pedon ID: 97KS039004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 97KS039004
  • 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: 39.8291779
  • Std. Longitude: -100.2558823
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2
  • Range: 26
  • Section: 32
  • Location Description: SE4 32-2-26. Approx. 450 feet north of the south road between terraces 1 & 2. Terraces numbered from east to west 1-9.
  • Map Unit: He—HOLDREGE SILT LOAM, 1 TO 3 PERCENT SLOPES2668—Holdrege silt loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS039—Decatur
  • MLRA: 73—Rolling Plains and Breaks
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS039—Decatur County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39100-G3—Kanona SE, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Tricks & McDowell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Holdrege
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/29/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Holdrege
  • Classificaton Date - 3/19/1997
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/19/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 27
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind and water erosion
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap1

    Ap2

    Bt

    Btk

    Bk

    C

    0

    15

    28

    64

    86

    145

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Ap1

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    Bk

    C

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    28

    64

    86

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Ap1

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    Bk

    C

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    28

    64

    86

    145

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    0—28

    28—86

    64—145

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    —58—

    —81—
    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

    2

    30

    15.2

    811

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    Ap1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; 21 percent sand; 56 percent silt; 24 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1213; moist when described;
    Ap2—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; 10 percent sand; 60 percent silt; 30 percent clay; weak thin platy structure; slightly hard, friable; 4.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1214; moist when described;
    Bt—28 to 64 centimeters (11.0 to 25.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; 11 percent sand; 60 percent silt; 30 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm; 2.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 1.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 40 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1215; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 988481; continuous - phpvsfiid 988481
    Btk—64 to 86 centimeters (25.2 to 33.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silt loam; 12 percent sand; 65 percent silt; 23 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented very dark gray (10YR 3/1) carbonate threads throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1216; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 988482; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 988482
    Bk—86 to 145 centimeters (33.9 to 57.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; 13 percent sand; 67 percent silt; 21 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 1.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 3.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent fine threadlike noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1) carbonate threads throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1217; moist when described;
    C—145 to 218 centimeters (57.1 to 85.8 inches);, pale brown (10YR 6/3) and brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; 13 percent sand; 69 percent silt; 18 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # KSUSS1218; moist when described;