IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Harney
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2009KS141001
  • User Pedon ID: S2009KS141001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2009KS141001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N0338
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24112
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 39.4544182
  • Std. Longitude: -98.7035751
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7 S.
  • Range: 12 W.
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 590 ft. N. and 2500 ft. W. of SE corner
  • Location Description: About 1 mile north and 0.5 miles west of Osborne, Kansas.
  • Map Unit: 2613—Harney silt loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS141—Osborne
  • MLRA: 73—Rolling Plains and Breaks
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS141—Osborne County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39098-D6—Osborne, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Still and L. Bricknell, B. Tricks, JC Remley, W. Wehmueller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Harney
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiustolls
  • PSC - 34 to 72 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/11/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty calcareous loess over silty alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/11/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 19
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - partly cloudy
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BRIN2

    Bromus inermis

    smooth brome

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—34

    34—72

    72—205

    120—205

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    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

    2.3

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    489

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    241

    584

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    12.2

    26.1

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    Ap—0 to 11 centimeters (0.0 to 4.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, moist; silt loam; 26 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; moderate permeability; 6.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N01979
    A—11 to 34 centimeters (4.3 to 13.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; 36 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; moderate permeability; 6.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N01980
    Bt1—34 to 55 centimeters (13.4 to 21.7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; 39 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; moderate permeability; 1.0 medium roots between peds and 4.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N01981. Root channel filled with 10YR 2/2 material, 1 cm wide.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 445300; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 445300
    Bt2—55 to 72 centimeters (21.7 to 28.3 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; 34 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm; moderate permeability; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N01982. patchy - phpvsfiid 445296; patchy - phpvsfiid 445296
    Bk—72 to 120 centimeters (28.3 to 47.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; 34 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; moderate permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, carbonate coats on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent fine distinct threadlike weakly coherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, carbonate masses with clear boundaries on surfaces along pores and 2 percent medium distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, carbonate masses with clear boundaries on surfaces along root channels; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N01983. continuous - phpvsfiid 445297; continuous - phpvsfiid 445297
    2Btk1—120 to 150 centimeters (47.2 to 59.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; 34 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; moderate permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots between peds; 2.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 2 percent fine prominent threadlike weakly coherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, carbonate masses with clear boundaries on surfaces along pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N01984. Matrix is non-calcareous, CaCO3 concentrations have strong effervesence.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 445298; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 445298
    2Btk2—150 to 205 centimeters (59.1 to 80.7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; 34 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; moderate permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent threadlike weakly coherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, carbonate masses with clear boundaries on surfaces along pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 09N01985. Matrix is non-calcareous, CaCO3 concentrations have strong effervesence; continuous - phpvsfiid 445299; continuous - phpvsfiid 445299