IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Saltine
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 11KS029002
  • User Pedon ID: S2011KS029002
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N0044
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43106
  • 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: 39.6501045
  • Std. Longitude: -97.8924408
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5S
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 1,460 meters (4800 feet) west and
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS029—Cloud
  • MLRA: 74—Central Kansas Sandstone Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS029—Cloud County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39097-F8—Jamestown NW, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. Parks, J. Anderson, J. Warner & J. Gienger
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Cumulic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Saltine
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Cumulic Haplustolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/7/2010
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 30 cm of Top effervescence and 102 cm of Bottom effervescence and 140 cm of Top effervescence and 36.57 percent of control section clay


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for brief periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/7/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 1
  • 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 - sunny
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    slickensides

    argillic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—79

    30—140

    102—140

    102—140

    140—

    —79—

    —110—

    —38—

    —38—

    —-
    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

    —

    —

    422

    —

    0

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    A1—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 5 percent sand; 36 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 8.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4824; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    A2—12 to 30 centimeters (4.7 to 11.8 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 10 percent sand; 36 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 medium roots throughout and 6.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 medium moderate-continuity dendritic tubular and 8.0 fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4825; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Btss—30 to 54 centimeters (11.8 to 21.3 inches);, very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 5 percent sand; 39 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 2 percent faint slickensides (pedogenic) on all faces of peds and 15 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4826; dry when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 709660; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 709661; patchy - phpvsfiid 709660; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 709661
    Btnssz1—54 to 79 centimeters (21.3 to 31.1 inches);, very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 5 percent sand; 34 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 5 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on all faces of peds and 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 8 percent fine distinct threadlike salt crystals with sharp boundaries on surfaces along root channels; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4827; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 709662; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 709663; continuous - phpvsfiid 709662; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 709663
    Btnssz2—79 to 102 centimeters (31.1 to 40.2 inches);, dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 5 percent sand; 37 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 6.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 5 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on all faces of peds and 15 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent fine distinct threadlike salt crystals with sharp boundaries on surfaces along root channels; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4828; moist when described; observed in pit, small. clay films may be pressure faces; continuous - phpvsfiid 709664; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 709665; continuous - phpvsfiid 709664; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 709665
    2Btss—102 to 140 centimeters (40.2 to 55.1 inches);, black (10YR 2/1) interior, moist; silty clay; 5 percent sand; 50 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 10 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on all faces of peds and 20 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4829; very moist when described; observed in pit, small. ped faces were wet, discussed using little "b", decided not to since there was no buried A horizon and assumed the horizon was welded with the upper horizons; continuous - phpvsfiid 709666; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 709667; continuous - phpvsfiid 709666; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 709667
    3C1—140 to 190 centimeters (55.1 to 74.8 inches);, 60 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior and 40 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, moist; silt loam; 2 percent sand; 22 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular and 1.0 fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4830; wet, satiated when described; observed in push tube. water in pit bottom , sampled with giddings and auger, he 10YR 6/2 material was silt loam (16% clay, 2% sand) in texture, and the 10YR 3/1 material was silt loam (22% clay, 2%sand) in texture, we do not have a clod sample for this horizon
    3C2—190 to 210 centimeters (74.8 to 82.7 inches);, 90 percent black (10YR 2/1) interior and 10 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, moist; stratified stratified silt loam to silty clay loam; 2 percent sand; 34 percent clay; massive; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 4.0 very fine roots between peds and 1.0 fine roots between peds; 2.0 very fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # KSUSS4831; wet, non-satiated when described; observed in push tube. water in pit bottom, sampled with giddings and auger, the 10YR 6/2 material was silt loam (20% clay, 2% sand) in texture, and the 10YR 3/1 material was silt loam (34% clay, 2%sand) in texture, we do not have a clod sample for this horizon