IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ulysses

User Site ID: S1989KS081003

User Pedon ID: S1989KS081003

User Site Association ID: mlra72-benchmark lab pedonsmlra72-Ulysses labOLDmlra72-SDJR comp pedsmlra72-Ulysses lab pedons

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 89P0727

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61827

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: 37.4101000

Std. Longitude: -101.0341250

Datum: WGS84

Township: 30S

Range: 34W

Section: 27

PLSS Details: 2500 feet south and 180 feet east of the northwest corner

Map Unit: 1856—Ulysses silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes

State: Kansas

County: KS081—Haskell

MLRA: 72—Central High Tableland

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS081—Haskell County, Kansas

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37101-D1—Ryus, Kansas

PEDON

Describers Name: J. Fortner, M. Ransom, & R. Schlepp

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Torriorthentic Haplustolls

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description

Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data

Pedon #: 3

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Ulysses

Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Torriorthentic Haplustolls

Taxon Kind - series

PSC - 25 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 7/10/2014

Classifier - Tom Cochran

Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition

Moisture Class - ustic

Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 1

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

QC Status: level 3

QA Status: level 3

Field Measured Properties: 23 centimeters of Depth to free carbonates and 26 percent of Estimated percent clay in PSCS

SITE

Landscape: upland

Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope

Hill Slope Profile: summit

Slope Shape Down: linear

Runoff: low

Drainage Class: well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: yes

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 7/1/1989 (actual site observation date)

Air Photo ID: 43

Surface Cover Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
mollic epipedon secondary carbonates free carbonates cambic horizon lithologic discontinuity lithologic discontinuity	0—23 23—274 23—274 23—69 150—262 262—274	—23— —251— —251— —46— —112— —12—

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	—	—	899	—	135	46	—	—	14	—	—	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior, moist; loam; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04071; observed in pit, small

Bw—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior, moist; loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few fine and medium roots throughout; few fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04072; observed in pit, small

Bk1—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few medium roots throughout; common fine tubular pores; 11 percent fine cylindrical carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04073; observed in pit, small

Bk2—38 to 71 centimeters (15.0 to 28.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) exterior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common fine roots throughout; common fine tubular pores; 11 percent fine and medium spherical carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P04074; observed in pit, small

Bk3—71 to 117 centimeters (28.0 to 46.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) exterior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few fine roots throughout; common fine tubular pores; 11 percent fine cylindrical carbonate threads and 1 percent fine spherical carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P04075; observed in pit, small

Bk4—117 to 150 centimeters (46.1 to 59.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few fine roots throughout; common fine tubular pores; 11 percent fine spherical carbonate threads and 1 percent fine and medium spherical carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P04076; observed in pit, small

2Bk5—150 to 206 centimeters (59.1 to 81.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) exterior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) exterior, moist; silt loam; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few fine roots throughout; common fine tubular pores; 11 percent fine cylindrical carbonate threads and 1 percent fine and medium spherical carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04077; observed in pit, small. This horizon is probably material from the Laverne member of the Ogallala Formation and is likely eolian in nature.

2Bk6—206 to 262 centimeters (81.1 to 103.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) exterior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) exterior, moist; clay loam; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few very fine roots throughout; 11 percent fine spherical carbonate nodules and 11 percent fine cylindrical carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04078; observed in pit, small. This horizon is probably material from the Laverne member of the Ogallala Formation and is likely eolian in nature.

3Bk7—262 to 274 centimeters (103.1 to 107.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) exterior, brown (7.5YR 5/4) exterior, moist; very fine sandy loam; structureless massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; common fine tubular pores; 1 percent coarse spherical carbonate masses and 11 percent fine cylindrical carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 89P04079; observed in pit, small. effervescence is continuous; This horizon is probably material from the Laverne member of the Ogallala Formation and is likely eolian in nature.; The structure of this horizon was described as massive, but experience tells me if a large enough piece was observed it would prove to be very coarse prismatic structure.