IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ulysses
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991KS081006
  • User Pedon ID: S1991KS081006
  • User Site Association ID: mlra72-benchmark lab pedonsmlra72-Ulysses labOLDmlra72-Ulysses lab pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0807
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63845
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • 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: 37.6077778
  • Std. Longitude: -100.6602778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28S
  • Range: 31W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 2315 feet W and 760 feet N of the SE corner
  • Location Description: Copeland, KS - USGS Quadrangle
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS081—Haskell
  • MLRA: 72—Central High Tableland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS081—Haskell County, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • 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 #: 6
  • 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 - 1/31/2016
  • 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

  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    cambic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    free carbonates

    lithologic discontinuity

    lithologic discontinuity

    lithologic discontinuity

    secondary carbonates

    lithologic discontinuity

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—25

    25—61

    25—257

    25—511

    168—257

    257—274

    274—297

    274—523

    297—363

    363—523

    —25—

    —36—

    —232—

    —486—

    —89—

    —17—

    —23—

    —249—

    —66—

    —160—
    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

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    868.4

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P4789
    Bw—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P4790
    Bk1—25 to 61 centimeters (9.8 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P4791
    Bk2—61 to 94 centimeters (24.0 to 37.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silty clay loam; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P4792
    Bk3—94 to 142 centimeters (37.0 to 55.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silty clay loam; massive; 1 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P4793. few fine and medium carbonate concretions concentrations
    Bk4—142 to 168 centimeters (55.9 to 66.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silty clay loam; massive; 11 percent fine irregular carbonate threads; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P4794. common fine carbonate threads concentrations
    2Bk5—168 to 196 centimeters (66.1 to 77.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; weak fine angular blocky structure; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate threads; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P4795. few fine carbonate threads concentrations
    2Bk6—196 to 229 centimeters (77.2 to 90.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; moderate fine angular blocky structure; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate threads and 1 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P4796. few fine carbonate threads concentrations; few fine and medium carbonate concretions concentrations
    2Bk7—229 to 257 centimeters (90.2 to 101.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P4797
    3C—257 to 274 centimeters (101.2 to 107.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; loam; 1 percent coarse irregular carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P4798. few coarse carbonate concretions concentrations
    4Ck1—274 to 297 centimeters (107.9 to 116.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and very pale brown (10YR 8/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; clay loam; massive; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P4799
    5Ck2—297 to 363 centimeters (116.9 to 142.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) loam; massive; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P4800
    6Ck3—363 to 414 centimeters (142.9 to 163.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P4801
    6Ck4—414 to 470 centimeters (163.0 to 185.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and very pale brown (10YR 7/3) clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P4802
    6Ck5—470 to 511 centimeters (185.0 to 201.2 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P4803