IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pratt
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2005KS155001
  • User Pedon ID: S05KS155001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2005KS155001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 06N0254
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18140
  • 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: 37.8546906
  • Std. Longitude: -98.4460907
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25S
  • Range: 10W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 2280 feet east and 350 feet north of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: About 3 miles north and 1 mile west of the town of Turon. From the intersection of Langdon road and Pleasant Valley Road (4 way stop in Langdon); go 6.7 miles west on Pleasant Valley Road. Pratt site is in CRP field to the north of the road about 350 feet. RMM
  • Map Unit: 5942—Pratt-Turon fine sands, 1 to 5 percent slopes
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS155—Reno
  • MLRA: 79—Great Bend Sand Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS155—Reno County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37098-G4—Turon, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Murphy, T. Labenz, G. Parks, R. Still, B. Wehmueller, C. Remley, P. Schoenberger, G. Kluitenberg
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Lamellic Haplustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pratt
  • PSC - 18 to 41 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/22/2006
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pratt
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Lamellic Haplustalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/17/2005
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy eolian sediments sandy eolian sands derived from igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rock
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: dune on paleoterrace
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/17/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    SCSC

    SONU2

    ANGE

    2FA

    Schizachyrium scoparium

    Sorghastrum nutans

    Andropogon gerardii

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    little bluestem

    Indiangrass

    big bluestem

    Forb, annual

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lamellae

    0—18

    18—41

    18—139

    12—18—50

    20—23—102

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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

    4

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    549

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    100

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; fine sand; 90 percent sand; 2 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N00982; dry when described; observed in trench
    Bt1—18 to 29 centimeters (7.1 to 11.4 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, moist; loamy fine sand; 80 percent sand; 6 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to structureless single grain; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 8.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 8.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; 27 percent lamellae (volume percent); 27 percent lamellae (lateral area percent); noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N00983; dry when described; observed in trench. patchy - phpvsfiid 326312; patchy - phpvsfiid 326312
    Bt2—29 to 41 centimeters (11.4 to 16.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, moist; loamy fine sand; 80 percent sand; 6 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to structureless single grain; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 10 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; 21 percent lamellae (volume percent); 21 percent lamellae (lateral area percent); noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N00984; dry when described; observed in trench. patchy - phpvsfiid 326311; patchy - phpvsfiid 326311
    EandBt1—41 to 71 centimeters (16.1 to 28.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, moist; loamy sand; 80 percent sand; 8 percent clay; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 10 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; 8 percent lamellae (volume percent); 8 percent lamellae (lateral area percent); noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N00985; dry when described; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 326313; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 326313
    EandBt1—41 to 71 centimeters (16.1 to 28.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, moist; sand; 90 percent sand; 4 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky parts to structureless single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n. Lab sample # 06N00985; dry when described; observed in trench
    EandBt2—71 to 139 centimeters (28.0 to 54.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; loamy fine sand; 80 percent sand; 6 percent clay; soft, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 5 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; 3 percent lamellae (volume percent); 3 percent lamellae (lateral area percent); noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N00987; dry when described; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 326314; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 326314
    EandBt2—71 to 139 centimeters (28.0 to 54.7 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, moist; fine sand; 90 percent sand; 3 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky parts to structureless single grain; soft, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n. Lab sample # 06N00986; dry when described; observed in trench
    C1—139 to 172 centimeters (54.7 to 67.7 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; fine sand; 90 percent sand; 1 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N00988; observed in trench
    C2—172 to 213 centimeters (67.7 to 83.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; sand; 95 percent sand; 1 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 0.3 very fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n. Lab sample # 06N00989; observed in trench