IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Abbyville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2016KS155100
  • User Pedon ID: S2016KS155100
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 17N0087
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 87657
  • Print Date: 6/3/2024

    • 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: 38.0791800
  • Std. Longitude: -98.0677000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23 S.
  • Range: 7 W.
  • Section: 2
  • Map Unit: 5710—Abbyville loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • 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: 38098-A1—Yaggy, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Nester
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Leptic Natrustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Abbyville
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Leptic Natrustolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 30 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/23/2016
  • Classifier - B. Nester
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium over alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/21/2016 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: B. Nester, G. Parks, T. Labenz, J. Warner, J. Anderson
  • 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 Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    natric

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    30 - 200

    - 170 -

    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

    natric horizon

    salt accumulations

    lithologic discontinuity

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    0—30

    30—200

    30—200

    30—105

    30—200

    30—200

    142—200

    170—200

    —30—

    —170—

    —170—

    —75—

    —170—

    —170—

    —58—

    —30—
    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

    —

    —

    481

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    A1—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior, moist; loam; 20 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; many (3.0) very fine roots throughout and common (2.0) fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 17N00568; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    A2—6 to 30 centimeters (2.4 to 11.8 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, moist; loam; 26 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; many (3.0) very fine roots throughout and few (1.0) fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 17N00569; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Btknz1—30 to 54 centimeters (11.8 to 21.3 inches);, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) exterior, moist; clay loam; 28 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; many (3.0) very fine roots throughout; 25 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium prominent spherical noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses with clear boundaries throughout and 2 percent fine faint spherical noncoherent cemented light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron with clear boundaries throughout and 5 percent fine prominent spherical noncoherent cemented reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries throughout; 5 percent medium prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented carbonate nodules with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 17N00570; moderately dry when described; observed in pit, small. Crystals of salts more soluble than gypsum were observed in this horizon with the use of a hand lens.
    Btknz2—54 to 105 centimeters (21.3 to 41.3 inches);, gray (2.5Y 5/1) exterior, moist; clay loam; 34 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; many (3.0) very fine roots throughout; 35 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent medium prominent spherical noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses with clear boundaries throughout and 5 percent fine faint spherical noncoherent cemented light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron with clear boundaries throughout and 20 percent fine prominent spherical noncoherent cemented reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries throughout; 15 percent medium prominent irregular moderately coherent cemented carbonate nodules with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 17N00571; moderately dry when described; observed in pit, small. Crystals of salts more soluble than gypsum were observed in this horizon with the use of a hand lens.
    Btknz3—105 to 142 centimeters (41.3 to 55.9 inches);, 55 percent gray (5Y 6/1) exterior and 45 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) exterior, moist; sandy clay loam; 24 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; common (2.0) very fine roots throughout; 35 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent medium prominent spherical noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses with clear boundaries throughout and 6 percent fine prominent spherical noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries throughout; 5 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented carbonate nodules with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 17N00572; moderately dry when described; observed in auger, bucket. Crystals of salts more soluble than gypsum were observed in this horizon with the use of a hand lens.
    2Btknz4—142 to 170 centimeters (55.9 to 66.9 inches);, greenish gray (5GY 6/1) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; 28 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; common (2.0) very fine roots throughout; 10 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent spherical noncoherent cemented reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries throughout; 30 percent coarse prominent spherical noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 17N00573; moderately moist when described; observed in auger, bucket. Crystals of salts more soluble than gypsum were observed in this horizon with the use of a hand lens.
    2Btknz5—170 to 200 centimeters (66.9 to 78.7 inches);, strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; 34 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; 10 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 30 percent fine prominent spherical noncoherent cemented greenish gray (5GY 6/1), moist, and gray (2.5Y 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron with sharp boundaries throughout and 40 percent fine distinct spherical noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries throughout; 25 percent coarse prominent spherical noncoherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8.5/2), moist, carbonate masses with sharp boundaries throughout and 20 percent medium prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented carbonate nodules with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 17N00574; moderately moist when described; observed in auger, bucket. Crystals of salts more soluble than gypsum were observed in this horizon with the use of a hand lens.