IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ulysses
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991KS081008
  • User Pedon ID: S1991KS081008
  • 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 # - 91P0809
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63847
  • 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: 37.6294441
  • Std. Longitude: -100.8911133
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28S
  • Range: 33W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 605 meters south and 175 meters west of the northeast corner
  • Map Unit: 1761—Richfield 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: 37100-F8—Garden City 3 NW, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. Klamath, S. Glaum, H. LaGarry-Guyon
  • 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 #: 8
  • 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 - 2/1/2016
  • 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

  • Landscape: tableland
  • Landform: plain
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 15
  • 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

    free carbonates

    cambic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    secondary carbonates

    secondary carbonates

    0—33

    18—549

    33—48

    33—102

    165—259

    312—549

    —33—

    —531—

    —15—

    —69—

    —94—

    —237—
    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
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    Ap1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P4818
    Ap2—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; clay loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P4819
    Bw—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P4820
    Bk—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1 percent medium irregular carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P4821. few medium masses of CaCO3
    C1—48 to 69 centimeters (18.9 to 27.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silt loam; structureless massive; very friable; 1 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P4822. few fine threads of CaCO3
    C2—69 to 102 centimeters (27.2 to 40.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; structureless massive; very friable; 5 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P4823. common fine threads of CaCO3
    C3—102 to 165 centimeters (40.2 to 65.0 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silt loam; structureless massive; very friable; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 91P4824
    C4—165 to 229 centimeters (65.0 to 90.2 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; structureless massive; very friable; 5 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 91P4825. common fine threads of CaCO3
    C5—229 to 259 centimeters (90.2 to 102.0 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; loam; structureless massive; very friable; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 91P4825. common fine threads of CaCO3
    C6—259 to 284 centimeters (102.0 to 111.8 inches);, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; fine sandy loam; structureless massive; very friable; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P4827
    C7—284 to 312 centimeters (111.8 to 122.8 inches);, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; fine sandy loam; structureless massive; very friable; 1 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P4828
    C8—312 to 368 centimeters (122.8 to 144.9 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; loamy fine sand; structureless massive; very friable; 1 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P4829. few fine threads of CaCO3
    C9—368 to 427 centimeters (144.9 to 168.1 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; fine sandy loam; structureless massive; very friable; 1 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses and 1 percent fine irregular carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P4830. few fine threads of CaCO3
    C10—427 to 516 centimeters (168.1 to 203.1 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; fine sandy loam; structureless massive; friable; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P4831. few fine masses and threads of CaCO3
    C11—516 to 549 centimeters (203.1 to 216.1 inches);, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; sandy clay loam; structureless massive; friable; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P4832. common fine masses of CaCO3