LOCATION SHERDAHL KS
Established Series
JGA/JCW/GLP
11/2013
SHERDAHL SERIES
The Sherdahl series consists of very deep, well drained soils that formed in alluvium. These soils are on risers and treads of stream terraces in river valleys of the Central Kansas Sandstone Hills in MLRA 74. Slope ranges from 0 to 10 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 750 millimeters (30 inches) and the mean annual temperature is about 13 degrees C (55 degrees F)
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Udic Haplustolls
TYPICAL PEDON: Sherdahl silt loam on a 1 percent slope in a cultivated field. (Colors are for dry soil unless otherwise stated.) As described on August 21, 2009.
Ap--0 to 18 centimeters (0 to 7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; 32 percent sand; 8 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly hard, nonsticky, nonplastic; common fine roots throughout and common very fine roots throughout; moderately acid; noneffervescent, by HCl, 1 normal; clear smooth boundary.
A--18 to 29 centimeters (7 to 12 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; 29 percent sand; 10 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly hard, nonsticky, nonplastic; common fine roots throughout and common very fine roots throughout; moderately acid; noneffervescent, by HCl, 1 normal; clear smooth boundary. (The combined thickness of the Ap and A horizons is 25 to 49 centimeters (10 to 19 inches).
C1--29 to 63 centimeters (12 to 25 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt loam, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; 28 percent sand; 6 percent clay; structureless massive; very friable, soft, nonsticky, nonplastic; common very fine roots throughout; slightly acid; noneffervescent, by HCl, 1 normal; gradual smooth boundary.
C2--63 to 84 centimeters (25 to 34 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, moist; 32 percent sand; 6 percent clay; structureless massive; very friable, soft, nonsticky, nonplastic; common fine roots throughout; neutral; slight effervescence, by HCl, 1 normal; abrupt wavy boundary. (The combined thickness of the C horizon is 25 to 75 centimeters (10 to 30 inches).
2Ab--84 to 104 centimeters (34 to 42 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay loam, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, moist; 13 percent sand; 29 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, soft, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common fine roots throughout and common very fine roots throughout; moderately alkaline; slight effervescence, by HCl, 1 normal; gradual smooth boundary. (0 to 35 centimeters (0 to 14 inches) thick.)
2Bkb1--104 to 120 centimeters (42 to 48 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; 14 percent sand; 30 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly hard, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common very fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine distinct threadlike very weakly cemented light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, carbonate masses on surfaces along root channels; slightly alkaline; noneffervescent, by HCl, 1 normal; gradual smooth boundary.
2Bkb2--120 to 150 centimeters (48 to 60 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; 16 percent sand; 32 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly hard, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 4 percent discontinuous distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, carbonate coats on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine prominent threadlike very weakly cemented light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, carbonate masses on surfaces along root channels; slightly alkaline; noneffervescent, by HCl, 1 normal; gradual smooth boundary.
2Bkb3--150 to 164 centimeters (60 to 66 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt loam, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; 22 percent sand; 14 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, soft, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent fine faint irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 2 percent fine prominent threadlike very weakly cemented light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, carbonate masses on surfaces along root channels; moderately alkaline; very slight effervescence, by HCl, 1 normal; clear smooth boundary.
2Bkb4--164 to 200 centimeters (66 to 79 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) silt loam, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, moist; 14 percent sand; 12 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, soft, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1 percent fine faint irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 1 percent fine faint irregular very weakly cemented light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, carbonate masses throughout; moderately alkaline; strong effervescence, by HCl, 1 normal.
TYPE LOCATION: Republic County, Kansas; about 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) south and 40 meters (131 feet) east of Republic, KS; 500 feet south and 40 feet east of the northwest corner of Section 33, Township 3 S., Range 4 W.; USGS Kackley, Kansas quadrangle latitude 39 degrees 45 minutes 2.18 seconds north and longitude 97 degrees 46 minutes 54.09 seconds west, NAD 83.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Soil moisture regime: An ustic moisture regime bordering on udic.
Soil temperature regime: mesic
Mean annual soil temperature: 12 to 14 degrees C (54 degrees to 57 degrees F)
Thickness of mollic epipedon: 25 to 49 centimeters (10 to 19 inches)
Particle size control section (weighted average) clay: 10 to 17 percent
Particle size control section (weighted average) fine sands or coarser: 0 to 14 percent
Depth to paleosol: 50 to 125 centimeters (20 to 49 inches)
Depth to free carbonates: greater than 50 centimeters (20 inches)
Ap or A horizon:
Hue: 10YR
Value: 3 to 4 dry, 2 or 3 moist
Chroma: 1 or 2
Texture: silt loam, loam, or loamy fine sand
Clay Content: 5 to 26 percent
Sand Content: 5 to 85 percent
Reaction: moderately acid to neutral
C horizon (or BC horizon if present)
Hue: 10YR
Value: 4 to 6 dry, 3 to 5 moist
Chroma: 2 or 3
Texture: silt loam, very fine sandy loam, loamy fine sands, or fine sandy loam
Clay Content: 5 to 17 percent
Sand Content: 5 to 85 percent
Calcium carbonate equivalent: 0 to 5 percent
Reaction: slightly acid to slightly alkaline
2Ab horizon:
Hue: 10YR
Value: 3 to 5 dry, 2 or 3 moist
Chroma: 1 or 2
Texture: silty clay loam or silt loam
Clay Content: 10 to 35 percent
Sand Content: 10 to 35 percent
Calcium carbonate equivalent: 0 to 5 percent
Reaction: neutral to moderately alkaline
2Bkb horizon (or 2Bwb horizon if present):
Hue: 10YR
Value: 4 to 6 dry, 2 to 5 moist
Chroma: 2 or 3
Texture: silty clay loam, silt loam, clay loam, loam, or very fine sandy loam
Clay Content: 5 to 35 percent
Sand Content: 5 to 70 percent
Calcium carbonate equivalent: 2 to 10 percent
Reaction: neutral to moderately alkaline
2C horizon (if present):
Hue: 10YR
Value: 5 to 7 dry, 5 or 6 moist
Chroma: 2 or 3
Texture: silt loam, very fine sandy loam, or sand
Strata of slightly coarser or finer textured material are usually in the
Calcium carbonate equivalent: 0 to 5 percent
Clay Content: 2 to 25 percent
Sand Content: 5 to 98 percent
Reaction: neutral to moderately alkaline
COMPETING SERIES:
There are none.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Parent Material: alluvium
Landform: risers and treads of stream terraces in river valleys.
Slopes: 0 to 10 percent
Mean annual air temperature: 11 to 13 degrees C (52 to 55 degrees F)
Mean annual precipitation: 650 to 850 millimeters (26 to 34 inches)
Frost-free period: 160 to 210 days
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
These are the
Detroit,
Gibbon,
Grigston, and
Muir soils.
Grigston and
Gibbon soils have a weighted clay percent average of 18 to 35 percent in the particle size control section and occur on flood plains right below the terrace break.
Detroit soils have a weighted clay percent average greater than 35 percent in the particle size control section and occur on similar positions.
Muir soils have a weighted clay percent average of 18 to 35 percent in the particle size control section and occur on similar positions.
DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY:
Drainage: well
Runoff: low or moderate
Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity: moderately high
Flooding: very rare
USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas are cultivated and much of it is irrigated. The main crops are corn, soybeans, alfalfa, and sorghum. The native grasses are big bluestem, switchgrass, little bluestem, and western wheatgrass.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: North Central Kansas. (LRR H Great Plains Winter Wheat and Range, MLRA 74 Central Kansas Sandstone Hills) The series is of small extent.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Denver, Colorado
SERIES PROPOSED: Republic County, Kansas, 2008.
REMARKS:
The diagnostic horizons and characteristics recognized in this soil are:
Mollic epipedon: 0 to 29 centimeters (0 to 12 inches) (Ap and A horizons)
Secondary Carbonates: 104 to 200 centimeters (42 to 80 inches) (2Bkb1, 2Bkb2, 2Bkb3 and 2Bkb4 horizons)
Lithologic discontinuity: At the upper boundary of the 2Ab horizon; 84 centimeters (34 inches)
There has been discussion of whether these soils are well drained or moderately well drained, because redoximorphic concentrations can be found within 100 centimeters. These could be caused by irrigation. The majority of these areas are irrigated and treated like well drained soils instead of moderately well drained soils. It was decided to call them well drained because of that.
Usually the buried paleosol is similar to a Muir soil, but sometimes it is similar to a Detroit soil.
Keys to soil Taxonomy: Eleventh edition, 2010
This soil was set up to take the place of the Eudora series that was mapped in the terrace position of the Republican River, in north central Kansas.
ADDITIONAL DATA:
Data for typical pedon is from Kansas State University Laboratory; pedon 09KS1571047. Addition laboratory data- National Soil Survey Laboratory, Lincoln, NE pedon number S09KS157002 and Kansas State University Laboratory, Manhattan, Kansas; pedon 10KS029504, 10KS157001.
National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.