LOCATION BEELER KS

Established Series
TDC
01/2011

BEELER SERIES

The Beeler series consists of very deep, well drained soils that formed in loess. Beeler soils are on side slopes of closed depressions in the Central High Tableland (MLRA 72). Mean annual precipitation is about 48 centimeters (19 inches), and mean annual temperature is 12 degrees C (54 degrees F).

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Argiustolls

TYPICAL PEDON: Beeler silt loam on a linear, 0 percent slope in cropland at an elevation of 864 meters (2835 feet). When described on March 10, 2008, the soil was slightly moist throughout.

Ap--0 to 14 centimeters (0 to 5 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; silt loam, 26 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parting to weak medium granular structure; very friable, soft, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; few coarse, common fine, and common very fine roots throughout; noneffervescent, by HCl, 1 normal; EC 5.4 decisiemens per meter; 8.3 pH, 1:1 water; moderately alkaline; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N02225.

Apy--14 to 26 centimeters (5 to 10 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; silty clay loam, 35 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly hard, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; few fine and few very fine roots throughout; few very fine low-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 2 percent fine irregular gypsum nests; noneffervescent, by HCl, 1 normal; EC 5.4 decisiemens per meter; 8.0 pH, 1:1 water; moderately alkaline; clear wavy boundary; (combined thickness of A horizon ranges from 18 to 38 cm (7 to 15 inches)). Lab sample # 08N02226.

Btky1--26 to 41 centimeters (10 to 16 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, silty clay, 41 percent clay; dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face, moist; weak fine prismatic parting to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly hard, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few fine and common very fine roots throughout; common very fine low-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 10 percent discontinuous distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine irregular carbonate masses and 1 percent fine threadlike gypsum nests; noneffervescent, by HCl, 1 normal; EC 6.5 decisiemens per meter; 8.2 pH, 1:1 water; moderately alkaline; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N02227.

Btky2--41 to 61 centimeters (16 to 24 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3) broken face, silty clay loam, 36 percent clay; brown (7.5YR 4/3) broken face, moist; moderate medium prismatic parting to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly hard, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; few fine and few very fine roots throughout; common very fine low-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 5 percent patchy faint clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine irregular carbonate masses and 3 percent fine threadlike gypsum nests; strongly effervescent, by HCl, 1 normal; EC 7.1 decisiemens per meter; 8.3 pH, 1:1 water; moderately alkaline; gradual wavy boundary; (combined thickness of Btky horizon ranges from 25 to 100 cm (10 to 39 inches)). Lab sample # 08N02228.

Bky1--61 to 111 centimeters (24 to 44 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, silt loam, 19 percent clay; brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, moist; weak medium prismatic parting to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly hard, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; few very fine roots throughout; few fine low-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent fine irregular carbonate masses, 3 percent fine irregular gypsum nests, and 5 percent fine threadlike gypsum nests; strongly effervescent, by HCl, 1 normal; EC 7.4 decisiemens per meter; 8.3 pH, 1:1 water; moderately alkaline; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N02229.

2Bky2--111 to 142 centimeters (44 to 56 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, moist; silty clay loam, 30 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parting to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly hard, very sticky, moderately plastic; few very fine roots throughout; common medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent fine irregular carbonate masses and 1 percent fine irregular gypsum nests; very slightly effervescent, by HCl, 1 normal; EC 8.2 decisiemens per meter; 8.1 pH, 1:1 water; moderately alkaline; diffuse smooth boundary; (combined thickness of Bky horizon ranges from 30 to 100 cm (12 to 39 inches)). Lab sample # 08N02230.

2Bk1--142 to 182 centimeters (56 to 72 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face, silty clay loam, 37 percent clay; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, moist; weak medium prismatic parting to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, soft, moderately sticky, very plastic; few very fine roots throughout; 15 percent coarse irregular carbonate masses and 5 percent medium spherical carbonate nodules; slightly effervescent, by HCl, 1 normal; EC 8.0 decisiemens per meter; 8.2 pH, 1:1 water; moderately alkaline; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N02231.

2Bk2--182 to 200 centimeters, (72 to 79 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, moist; silty clay, 45 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parting to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly hard, slightly sticky, very plastic; 7 percent medium irregular carbonate masses and 2 percent medium spherical carbonate nodules; 6 percent fine irregular masses of oxidized iron; slightly effervescent, by HCl, 1 normal; EC 7.3 decisiemens per meter; 8.3 pH, 1:1 water; moderately alkaline; (combined thickness of Bk horizon ranges from 20 to 60 cm (8 to 24 inches)). Lab sample # 08N02232.

TYPE LOCATION: Finney County, Kansas; about 3.9 kilometers (2.4 miles) east of US83 and 230 meters (754 feet) north of US50 By-Pass (general location); located 199 meters (653 feet) north and 541 meters (1774 feet) east of the southwest corner of sec. 33 T. 23S. R. 32W (Public Land Survey location); USGS White Woman Bottoms topographic quadrangle; 4208042 meters North and 338347 meters East (UTM zone 14N NAD83 meters); latitude 38 degrees 0 minutes 20.35 seconds North and longitude 100 degrees 50 minutes 28.57 seconds West (NAD83).

RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Soil moisture regime: ustic
Soil temperature regime: mesic
Mean annual soil temperature: 11 to 13 C degrees (52 to 55 degrees F).
Particle-size control section: 19 to 34 percent clay
Depth to bedrock: greater than 200 centimeters (79 inches)
Depth to secondary calcium carbonate: 18 to 200 centimeters (7 to 79 inches)
Depth to gypsum accumulations: 0 to 80 centimeters (0 to 32 inches)
Thickness of the mollic epipedon: 18 to 49 centimeters (7 to 19 inches)

Ap horizon or Apy (where present):
Hue: 10YR or 2.5Y
Value: 3 or 4 (dry) 2 or 3 (moist)
Chroma: 1 to 3
Texture: loam, clay loam, silt loam, or silty clay loam
Electrical conductivity: 0 to 9 decisiemens per meter
Reaction: moderately acid to moderately alkaline
Sodium Adsorption Ratio: 0 to 6

Btky horizon or Bt, Bty (where present)
Hue: 10YR or 2.5Y
Value: 3 to 6
Chroma: 1 to 4
Texture: clay loam, loam, silt loam, silty clay loam, or silty clay
Electrical conductivity: 0 to 25 decisiemens per meter
Reaction: slightly alkaline and moderately alkaline
Sodium Adsorption Ratio: 0 to 12

Bky horizon or By, Bkny (where present):
Hue: 10YR or 2.5Y
Value: 3 to 6
Chroma: 2 to 4
Texture: sandy loam, loam, clay loam, silt loam or silty clay loam
Electrical conductivity: 1 to 25 decisiemens per meter
Reaction: slightly alkaline to strongly alkaline
Sodium Adsorption Ratio: 0 to 15

Bk horizon or By, C (where present):
Hue: 10YR or 2.5Y
Value: 3 to 6
Chroma: 3 to 5
Texture: clay loam, loam, silt loam, silty clay loam, or silty clay
Electrical conductivity: 1 to 25 decisiemens per meter
Reaction: slightly alkaline and moderately alkaline
Sodium Adsorption Ratio: 0 to 15

COMPETING SERIES: These are the Keith, Mace, and Norka series.
Keith soils do not have horizons with visible gypsum concentrations.
Norka soils do not have horizons with visible gypsum concentrations.
Mace soils are moderately deep to bedrock.

GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Parent material: loess
Landform: side slopes of closed depressions
Slopes: 0 to 3 percent
Elevation: 838 to 1220 meters (2750 to 4003 feet)
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 10 to 14 C degrees (50 to 57 degrees F).
Mean Annual Precipitation: 36 to 53 centimeters (14 to 21 inches)
Wettest months: March August
Frost-free period: 155 to 192 days

GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Nebel (T), Goshen, and Ulysses soils.
Nebel soils are moderately well drained and are found in lower landscape positions.
Goshen soils do not have gypsum accumulations and are found in swales of side slopes.
Ulysses soils do not have an argillic horizon and are found on adjacent tablelands.

DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY:
Drainage: Well drained
Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity: Moderately high
Runoff: Low or negligible

USE AND VEGETATION: Most of the acreage is cultivated, with some in grassland.
Winter wheat and sorghum are the principal dryland crops.
Corn, alfalfa, and small grains are grown on irrigated acreage.
Grasses are primarily of the short and mid type where the soil is in native vegetation.

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Western Kansas. LRR H, MLRA 72 Central High Tableland. The Beeler series is of small extent.

MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Denver, Colorado

SERIES ESTABLISHED:
Finney County, Kansas, 2008

REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
Mollic epipedon: The zone from 0 to 41 centimeters (0 to 16 inches) (Ap, Apy, Btky1)
Argillic horizon: The zone from 26 to 61 centimeters (10 to 24 inches) (Btky1, Btky2)
Gypsum accumulations: The zone from 14 to 141 centimeters (5 to 56 inches)

Keys to Soil Taxonomy: Eleventh edition, 2010

ADDITIONAL DATA: These soils were formerly mapped as Drummond, Richfield saline, and Ulysses saline.
Some pedons may have up to 45 percent clay in the particle size control section. The typical pedon is an example.
Some pedons may have mollic epipedons greater than 50 centimeters thick.
Characterization data is available for this pedon (User Pedon ID S08KS055002) (NSSL lab pedon # 08N0346).

Beeler SERIES
LRR=H
DATE: 03/05/2010

National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.