LOCATION TIVIN                   KS

Established Series
Rev. JCW/RMM/GLP
12/2011

TIVIN SERIES

The Tivin series consists of very deep, somewhat excessively drained, rapidly permeable soils that formed in eolian deposits. These soils are on dunes on paleoterrace in river valleys of the Great Bend Sand Plains (MLRA 79). Slopes range from 1 to 35 percent. Mean annual precipitation is 680 millimeters (27 inches) and mean annual temperature is 13 degrees C (55 degrees F).

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Mixed, mesic Typic Ustipsamments

TYPICAL PEDON: Tivin fine sand in rangeland. (Colors are for dry soil unless otherwise stated.)

A--0 to 20 centimeters (0 to 8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), interior, fine sand, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), interior, moist; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky and nonplastic; common very fine and fine roots throughout; 1 percent clay; moderately acid; clear smooth boundary. (8 to 41 centimeters thick; 3 to 16 inches thick)

AC--20 to 46 centimeters (8 to 18 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), interior, fine sand, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), interior, moist; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky and nonplastic; common very fine roots throughout; 1 percent clay; slightly acid; gradual wavy boundary. (0 to 41 centimeters; 0 to 16 inches thick)

C--46 to 200 centimeters (18 to 79 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6),interior, sand, yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), interior, moist; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky and nonplastic; few very fine roots throughout; 1 percent clay; neutral

TYPE LOCATION: Reno county, Kansas; 6.4 kilometers (4 miles) north of Hutchinson; 731 meters (2399 feet) west and 247 meters (812 feet) north of southeast corner of sec. 16, T. 22 S. R. 5 W. ( USGS Buhler topographic quadrangle; lat. 38 degrees 7 minutes 57.1 seconds N. and long. 97 degrees 52 minutes 30.2 seconds W.) NAD 83

RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Soil moisture regime: ustic moisture regime bordering on udic
Soil temperature regime: mesic
Mean annual soil temperature: 12 to 14 degrees C (54 to 57 degrees F)
Particle-size control section (weighted average) clay content: 0 to 3 percent
Particle-size control section (weighted average) sand content: 80 to 98 percent
Depth to bedrock: greater than 200 centimeters (80 inches)
Depth to secondary calcium carbonate: greater than 200 centimeters (80 inches)
Thickness of the ochric epipedon: 8 to 41 centimeters (3 to 16 inches)

A horizon:
Hue: 10YR
Value: 5 or 6 (dry) 4 to 6 (moist)
Chroma: 2 to 4
Texture: loamy fine sand or fine sand
Clay content: 0 to 3 percent
Sand content: 80 to 98 percent
Reaction: moderately acid or slightly acid

AC horizon:
Hue: 10YR or 7.5YR
Value: 5 or 6 (dry) 4 or 5 (moist)
Chroma: 2 to 4
Texture: loamy fine sand, fine sand or sand
Clay content: 0 to 3 percent
Sand content: 80 to 98 percent
Reaction: slightly acid or neutral

C horizon:
Hue: 10YR or 7.5YR
Value: 5 or 6 (dry) 4 or 5 (moist)
Chroma: 3 to 6
Texture: loamy fine sand, fine sand or sand
Clay content: 0 to 3 percent
Sand content: 80 to 98 percent
Reaction: slightly acid or neutral

Some pedons have a 2C or 2Ab horizon within 100 to 150 centimeters (40 to 60 inches) with textures of very fine sandy loam, loam, fine sandy loam or silt loam. Clay ranges from 10 to 20 percent. Some pedons also have a 3C horizon with sand, fine sand, or coarse sand textures. Clay ranges from 0 to 3 percent.
Some pedons contain carbonates and gravels.

COMPETING SERIES: These are the Duda (SD), McKelvie (NE), Peji (SD), Simeon (NE), and Valentine (NE) soils in the same family.
Duda and Peji soils are moderately deep and have sandstone at 50 to 100 centimeters (20 to 40 inches).
McKelvie soils have sandstone fragments in the control section.
Simeon soils have up to 15 percent by volume gravel.
Valentine soils have a mean annual soil temperature lower than 12 degrees C (54 degrees F).

GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Parent material: eolian deposits
Landform: dunes on paleoterraces in river valleys
Slopes: 1 to 35 percent
Elevation: 350 to 550 meters (1150 to 1800 feet)
Mean annual air temperature: 11 to 13 degrees C (52 to 55 degrees F).
Mean annual precipitation: 610 to 890 millimeters (24 to 35 inches)
Wettest months: Mar. - Oct.
Driest months: Nov. - Feb.
Frost-free period: 160 to 225 days

GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Dillhut, Langdon, Plev, Pratt, Solvay, Spelvin, and Turon series.
Dillhut soils are moderately well drained, have a buried soil between 50 to 100 centimeters (20 and 40 inches), and occur on lower landform positions.
Langdon soils contain lamellae, and are on similar landform positions.
Plev soils are poorly drained, have a buried soil between 100 to 178 centimeters (40 and 70 inches), and are in interdunal depressions.
Pratt and Turon soils have an argillic horizon and contain lamellae, and occur on lower relief dunes.
Solvay soils are somewhat poorly drained and occur in interdunes.
Spelvin soils are well-drained, have a fine-loamy particle size control section and occur on interdunes.

DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY:
Drainage: somewhat excessively drained
Runoff: low or very low
Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity: high and very high

USE AND VEGETATION: Used mainly for grazing beef cattle. Native vegetation is sand bluestem, sand dropseed, and prairie sandreed.

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: North and South Central Kansas. LRR H Great Plains Winter Wheat and Range, MLRA 74 Central Kansas Sandstone Hills and MLRA 79 Great Bend Sand Plains. This series is of moderate extent.

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

SERIES ESTABLISHED: Reno County, Kansas 1999

REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
ochric epipedon: 0 to 20 centimeters (0 to 8 inches) (A)

Keys to Soil Taxonomy: Eleventh edition, 2010

ADDITIONAL DATA:
Data is available from the National Soil Survey Center, Soil Survey Laboratory for Pedon IDs 95KS155028 and 99KS151022. KSU data: 10KS029501 and 09KS1571042

LRR=H
DATE: 05/15/95: Series Proposed: Tivin is our mesic soil for Tivoli. We feel that Valentine is a little too far north to be used in south central Kansas. JCW
12/23/99: series established per Reno County final correlation.

08/2011: GLP
Updated competing series. Updated geographically associated soils. Changed permeability to saturated hydraulic conductivity. Changed keys to soil taxonomy to eleventh edition.

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