IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ulysses

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2005KS193007

User Pedon ID: S2005KS193007

User Site Association ID: 05KS Pedo-Transfer Function studymlra72-Ulysses labOLDmlra72-Ulysses lab pedons

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 05N0784

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17691

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: 39.2736111

Std. Longitude: -101.1120556

Datum: WGS84

Township: 9S

Range: 34W

Section: 16

PLSS Details: 551 meters south and 59 meters west of the northeast corner

Location Description: About 7.5 miles south and 3 miles west of Colby, Kansas.

Map Unit: Us—ULYSSES SILT LOAM, 3 TO 7 PERCENT SLOPES1859—Ulysses silt loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes1859—Ulysses silt loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes

State: Kansas

County: KS193—Thomas

MLRA: 72—Central High Tableland

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS193—Thomas County, Kansas

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39101-C1—Colby SE, Kansas

PEDON

Describers Name: B. Tricks, J.C. Remley, W. Wehmueller

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: NASIS

Pedon #: 7

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 - 12/1/2015

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

Parent Material: silty calcareous loess

Landscape: breaks

Landform: hillslope

Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope

Hill Slope Profile: backslope

Slope Position: middle third

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: convex

Slope Shape Down: convex

Runoff: medium

Drainage Class: well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: yes

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 6/21/2005 (actual site observation date)

Air Photo ID: 52

Surface Water Kind: none observed

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
mollic epipedon free carbonates cambic horizon secondary carbonates	0—24 18—211 24—47 36—211	—24— —193— —23— —175—

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
5	—	—	978.5	—	310	456	—	155	21.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; 24 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 10.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; 20 dS/m of Exchangeable sodium; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N04236

A2—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; 24 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; many fine roots throughout; fragments; 20 dS/m of Exchangeable sodium; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N04237

Bw1—18 to 24 centimeters (7.1 to 9.4 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; 25 percent clay; moderate medium granular, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; many fine roots throughout; common fine low-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent medium faint cylindrical weakly coherent cemented dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry, worm casts; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N04238

Bw2—24 to 36 centimeters (9.4 to 14.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silt loam; 27 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; many fine roots throughout; common fine low-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent medium faint cylindrical weakly coherent cemented dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry, worm casts; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N04239

Bk1—36 to 47 centimeters (14.2 to 18.5 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silt loam; 25 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; common fine roots throughout; common fine low-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent fine prominent threadlike weakly coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate masses with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N04240

Bk2—47 to 72 centimeters (18.5 to 28.3 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; 23 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; common fine roots throughout; common fine low-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent fine prominent threadlike weakly coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate masses with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; 1 percent krotovinas (volume percent); 1 percent krotovinas (lateral area percent); strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N04241

Bk3—72 to 137 centimeters (28.3 to 53.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; 23 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; common fine roots throughout; common fine low-continuity tubular pores; 3 percent fine prominent threadlike weakly coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate masses with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; 4 percent krotovinas (volume percent); 5 percent krotovinas (lateral area percent); strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N04242

Ck—137 to 211 centimeters (53.9 to 83.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; 18 percent clay; weak very coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable; common fine roots throughout; common fine low-continuity tubular pores; 3 percent fine prominent threadlike weakly coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate masses with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 05N04243