IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Abbyville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2006KS155903
  • User Pedon ID: S2006KS155903
  • User Site Association ID: Reno County Water Table StudyKansas Soil Temperature and Water Study
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0131
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19055
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • 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: 37.9471970
  • Std. Longitude: -98.2826157
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24 south
  • Range: 9 west
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 2,287 feet north and 1,793 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Map Unit: 5560—Kanza-Ninnescah sandy loams, frequently flooded
  • 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-H3—Plevna, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ryan Still, Gary Parks, Tyler Labenz, Robert Murphy, W. Wehmueller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 903
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Abbyville
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Argiustolls
  • PSC - 77 to 109 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/30/2006
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 22.8 percent of control section clay and 77 centimeters of depth to water table


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium over older alluvium over older alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for very brief periods
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/30/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 56
  • 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
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    secondary carbonates

    redox concentrations

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    lithologic discontinuity

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—77

    58—109

    77—196

    77—196

    77—109

    109—256

    —77—

    —49—

    —119—

    —119—

    —32—

    —147—
    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

    0

    —

    —

    493

    —

    360

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    Ak1—0 to 26 centimeters (0.0 to 10.2 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, moist; loam; 21 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 1 um/s; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00857; observed in pit, small
    Ak2—26 to 41 centimeters (10.2 to 16.1 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, moist; loam; 19 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 2 um/s; 4.0 very fine roots throughout; 6.0 very fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular and 1.0 fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00858; observed in pit, small
    Ak3—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; 18 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 9.5 um/s; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 1 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, skeletans on vertical faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N00859; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 343172; patchy - phpvsfiid 343172
    Bk—58 to 77 centimeters (22.8 to 30.3 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; 15 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 5 um/s; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular and 1.0 medium high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 1 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, skeletans on vertical faces of peds; 4 percent fine distinct irregular strongly coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate nodules with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00860; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 343173; patchy - phpvsfiid 343173
    2Btkg1—77 to 96 centimeters (30.3 to 37.8 inches);, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; 15 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 5 um/s; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 6.0 very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 6 percent distinct dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds and 40 percent distinct dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), moist, organoargillans on vertical faces of peds; 2 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries throughout and 6 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries throughout; 2 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00861; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 343175; patchy - phpvsfiid 343174; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 343175; patchy - phpvsfiid 343174
    2Btkg2—96 to 109 centimeters (37.8 to 42.9 inches);, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; 14 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 5 um/s; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 5 percent distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, skeletans on all faces of peds and 10 percent distinct dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds and 60 percent distinct dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), moist, organoargillans on vertical faces of peds; 2 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented gray (2.5Y 6/1), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries throughout and 4 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries throughout; 1 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, carbonate masses with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00862; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 343177; patchy - phpvsfiid 343176; patchy - phpvsfiid 343178; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 343177; patchy - phpvsfiid 343176; patchy - phpvsfiid 343178
    3Cg1—109 to 136 centimeters (42.9 to 53.5 inches);, dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; 14 percent clay; structureless massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 85 um/s; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 50 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine prominent dendritic noncoherent cemented gray (2.5Y 6/1), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries on surfaces along root channels and 3 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N00863; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 343179; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 343179
    3Cg2—136 to 151 centimeters (53.5 to 59.4 inches);, dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; 12 percent clay; structureless massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 100 um/s; 8 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N00864; observed in auger, screw
    3Cg3—151 to 166 centimeters (59.4 to 65.4 inches);, dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; 15 percent clay; structureless massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 100 um/s; 2 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented gray (2.5Y 5/1), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries throughout and 10 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N00865; observed in auger, screw
    3Cg4—166 to 196 centimeters (65.4 to 77.2 inches);, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, moist; loam; 24 percent clay; structureless massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 99 um/s; 2 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries throughout and 4 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented gray (2.5Y 6/1), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N00866; observed in auger, screw
    3Cg5—196 to 256 centimeters (77.2 to 100.8 inches);, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; 21 percent clay; structureless massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 100 um/s; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N00867; observed in auger, screw