LOCATION HEDVILLE KS+NE

Established Series
Rev. CHA-JRF-SAS
07/2020

HEDVILLE SERIES

The Hedville series consists of sLOCATION HEDVILLE KS+NE

Established Series
Rev. JRF, JGA, BKN
02/2020

HEDVILLE SERIES

The Hedville series consists of shallow and very shallow, somewhat excessively drained soils that formed in residuum weathered from sandstone. Hedville soils are on hillslopes of uplands in the Central Kansas Sandstone Hills in MLRA 74. Slopes range from 3 to 40 percent. Mean annual precipitation is 740 millimeters (29 inches), and mean annual temperature is 12 degrees C (54 degrees F), at the type location.

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Lithic Haplustolls

TYPICAL PEDON: Hedville cobbly loam - on a south facing, linear slope in native grass at an elevation of 455 meters (1492 feet). (Colors are for dry soil unless otherwise stated.) As described on September 1, 1972.

A1--0 to 30 centimeters (0 to 12 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) cobbly loam, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) moist; moderate fine granular structure, upper 1 inch is very fine granular; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; many fine roots; many insect burrows and pores; 20 percent pebbles and angular cobbles of sandstone; slightly acid; gradual wavy boundary.

A2--30 to 41 centimeters (12 to 16 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) cobbly loam, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) moist; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; many fine roots; many insect burrows; pebbles and angular cobblestones of weathered sandstone comprise 20 percent of soil mass; moderately acid; clear irregular boundary extending into cracks and pockets weathered into sandstone bedrock. (Combined thickness of the A horizon ranges from 10 to 49 centimeters (4 to 19 inches).)

R--41 centimeters (16 inches); brown sandstone.

TYPE LOCATION: Cloud County, Kansas; 8 kilometers (5 miles) west and 0.8 kilometers (1/2 mile) north of Miltonvale; 591 meters (1940 feet) north and 91 meters (300 feet) east of southwest corner, sec. 16, T. 8 S., R. 2 W. Lamar, Kansas USGS topographic quadrangle, latitude 39 degrees 21 minutes 19.5 seconds N. and longitude 97 degrees 33 minutes 14.3 seconds W., WGS84.

RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Soil moisture regime: ustic bordering on udic
Soil temperature regime: mesic
Thickness of the mollic epipedon: 10 to 49 centimeters (4 to 19 inches)
Depth to lithic contact: 10 to 50 centimeters (4 to 19 inches) to bedrock
Soil moisture: The soil moisture control section is intermittently moist in some part from March through October; driest in November through February
Mean annual soil temperature: 13 to 14 degrees C (55 to 58 degrees F)
Particle-size control section (weighted average):
Clay content: 8 to 22 percent
Sand content: 30 to 80 percent
Rock fragments: 5 to 35 percent by volume
Size: Gravel, Cobbles or Stones
Kind: Sandstone

A horizon:
Hue: 10YR or 7.5YR
Value: 4 or 5 dry, 2 or 3 moist
Chroma: 1 to 3 dry or moist
Texture: Loam, sandy loam or fine sandy loam and their gravelly, cobbly, or stony counterparts
Clay content: 8 to 22 percent
Sand content: 30 to 80 percent
Rock fragments: 5 to 35 percent sandstone gravel, stones, or cobbles
Reaction: Moderately acid to neutral

Bw or C horizons (if present):
Hue: 10YR to 5YR
Value: 5 or 6 dry, 4 or 5 moist
Chroma: 2 to 4 dry or moist
Texture: Loam, sandy loam or fine sandy loam and their cobbly or stony counterparts
Clay content: 8 to 22 percent
Sand content: 30 to 80 percent
Rock fragments: 5 to 35 percent sandstone gravel, stones, or cobbles
Reaction: Moderately acid to neutral

COMPETING SERIES: These are the Altezita, Apache, Bluemound, Dalerose, and Sogn series. Altezita and Bluemond soils have a mean annual soil temperature of less than 10 degrees C (50 degrees F).
Apache and Dalerose soils contain free calcium carbonates in the profile.
Sogn soils have limestone fragments occurring within the profile.

GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Parent material: Residuum derived from weathered sandstone.
Landform: hillslopes on uplands
Slopes: 3 to 40 percent
Elevation: 400 to 500 meters (1300 to 1640 feet)
Mean annual air temperature: 12 to 14 degrees C (54 to 59 degrees F)
Mean annual precipitation: 660 to 860 millimeters (26 to 34 inches)
Precipitation pattern: Precipitation is usually evenly distributed throughout the year with the exception of November through February being the driest months and May and June being the wettest months. Summer precipitation occurs during intense summer thunderstorms.
Frost-free period: 165 to 200 days

GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Crete, Edalgo, Lancaster and Wells soils.
Crete soils do not have bedrock occurring within 200 centimeters (80 inches) and occur higher up on interfluves.
Edalgo soils are have more than 35 percent clay in the particle size control section (fine family particle size class) and generally are on hillslopes below Hedville.
Lancaster soils have weathered sandstone bedrock occurring with 50 to 100 centimeters (20 to 40 inches) and occur on slightly higher hillslopes.
Wells soils do not have bedrock occurring within 200 centimeters (80 inches) and usually occur on lower hillslopes.

DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY:
Drainage: Somewhat excessive
Runoff: Medium and high
Saturated hydraulic conductivity: moderately high

USE AND VEGETATION: Nearly all is in rangeland. Native vegetation is tall and mid grass prairie.

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: In north-central Kansas, and south-central and southeastern Nebraska, Land Resource Region H, Central Great Plains Winter Wheat and Range region; MLRA 73 Rolling Plains and Breaks; MLRA 74 Central Kansas Sandstone Hills; MLRA 75 Central Loess Plains; MLRA 76 Bluestem Hills; MLRA 78C Central Rolling Red Plains, Eastern Part; Land Resource Region M, Central Feed Grains and Livestock Region; MLRA 106 Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills. The soils of this series are of large extent.

SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (SSRO) RESPONSIBLE: Salina, Kansas

SERIES ESTABLISHED: Saline County, Kansas, 1952.

REMARKS:
Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
Particle-size control section: The zone from 10 to 16 inches. (A horizons)
Mollic epipedon: The zone from 0 to 16 inches. (A1, A2 horizons)
Lithic contact: The contact with sandstone at 16 inches. (R horizons)

3/2012 JGA Updated intro paragraph, changed English measurements to metric measurements, added quadrangle and lat/long to type location, updated soil moisture regime to MO5 requirements, added mean annual soil temperature, added cobbly and stony textures to horizons, added sand content to horizon range of characteristics, changed slopes to 40 percent from 30 percent because of the 3366 15-40 percent map unit, updated mean annual precipitation, temperature, and frost free days to reflect values from 1971-2000 and
MLRA 74, added precipitation pattern, updated geographically associated soils and distribution and extent sections to meet MO5 requirements, changed permeability to saturated hydraulic conductivity
Added Soil Interpretation Record clay content and sand content to "Range In Characteristics".

3/2016 BKN Added south facing, linear slope and elevation of 455 meters (1,492 feet) to typical pedon. Changed datum to WGS84. Added stickiness and plasticity to horizon descriptions. Added lab data to additional data.

Keys to Soil Taxonomy: Twelfth Edition, 2014.

Additional data: Kellogg Soil Survey Laboratory data is available for Pedon IDs 79KS143003 and 99KS169001.

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National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.

hallow and very shallow, somewhat excessively drained, moderately permeable soils on uplands. These soils formed in residuum weathered from noncalcareous sandstone. Slopes range from 3 to 30 percent. Mean annual precipitation is 26 inches, and mean annual temperature is 54 degrees F.

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Lithic Haplustolls

TYPICAL PEDON: Hedville cobbly loam - in native grass. (Colors are for dry soil unless otherwise stated.)

A1--0 to 12 inches; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) cobbly loam, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) moist; moderate fine granular structure, upper 1 inch is very fine granular; slightly hard, very friable; many fine roots; many insect burrows and pores; 20 percent pebbles and angular cobbles of sandstone; slightly acid; gradual wavy boundary.

A2--12 to 16 inches; brown (7.5YR 4/2) cobbly loam, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) moist; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; many fine roots; many insect burrows; pebbles and angular cobblestones of weathered sandstone comprise 20 percent of soil mass; moderately acid; clear irregular boundary extending into cracks and pockets weathered into sandstone bedrock. (Combined thickness of the A horizon ranges from 4 to 19 inches.)

R--16 inches; brown sandstone.

TYPE LOCATION: Cloud County, Kansas; 5 miles west and 1/2 mile north of Miltonvale; 1940 feet north and 300 feet east of southwest corner, sec. 16, T. 8 S., R. 2 W.

RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:

Soil moisture: The soil moisture control section is Ustic moisture regime.
Depth to lithic contact: 4 to 19 inches to bedrock

Particle-size control section (weighted average):
Clay content: 8 to 22 percent
Sand content: 30 to 80 percent
Rock fragments: 5 to 35 percent by volume
Size: Cobbles or Stones
Kind: Sandstone

A horizon:
Hue: 10YR or 7.5YR
Value: 4 or 5 dry, 2 or 3 moist
Chroma: 1 to 3 dry or moist
Texture: Loam, sandy loam or fine sandy loam
Clay content: 8 to 22 percent
Rock fragments: 5 to 35 percent stones or cobbles
Reaction: Moderately acid to neutral

Bw or C horizons, if present:
Hue: 10YR, 7.5Y or 5YR
Value: 5 or 6 dry, 4 or 5 moist
Chroma: 2 to 4 dry or moist
Texture: Loam, sandy loam or fine sandy loam
Clay content: 8 to 22 percent
Rock fragments: 5 to 35 percent stones or cobbles
Reaction: Moderately acid to neutral

COMPETING SERIES: These are the Apache, Dalerose Purner, Santana, Sogn, and Venezia series.
Apache and Purner soils contain free carbonates above bedrock. Santana and Dalerose soils allow carbonates to the surface.
Venezia soils are drier in the soil moisture control section for longer periods. Sogn soils typically contain more clay and are underlain by limestone.

GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Parent material: Residumm derived from weathered, noncalcareous sandstone of the Dakota formation.
Landform: Uplands
Slopes: 3 to 30 percent
Mean annual temperature: 50 to 57 degrees F
Mean annual precipitation: 23 to 30 inches
Frost-free period: 150 to 190 days.

GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Crete, Edalgo, Hastings, Lancaster and Wells soils. Crete, Hastings, and Wells are very deep soils with an argillic horizon. Lancaster soils are moderately deep soils with an argillic horizon. Crete, and Hastings, soils are higher on the uplands. Edalgo soils have a clayey argillic horizon. Edalgo and Wells soils are on lower positions. Lancaster soils are on similar topographic positions as Hedville soils.

DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY:
Drainage: Somewhat excessive
Runoff: Medium and high
Permeability: Moderate above the bedrock

USE AND VEGETATION: Nearly all is in rangeland. Native vegetation is tall and mid grass prairie.

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: In north-central Kansas, and south-central and southeastern Nebraska. The soils of this series are of large extent.

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

SERIES ESTABLISHED: Saline County, Kansas, 1952.

REMARKS:
Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
Particle-size control section: The zone from 10 to 16 inches. (A horizons)
Mollic epipedon: The zone from 0 to 16 inches. (A1, A2 horizons)
Lithic contact: The contact with sandstone at 16 inches. (R horizons)
Added Soil Interpretation Record clay content and sand content to "Range In Characteristics".

National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.