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Soil Taxonomy Classification—Osage County, Kansas

Natural ResourcesConservation Service

Web Soil SurveyNational Cooperative Soil Survey

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Map projection: Web Mercator Corner coordinates: WGS84 Edge tics: UTM Zone 15N WGS840 200 400 800 1200

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MetersMap Scale: 1:4,800 if printed on A portrait (8.5" x 11") sheet.

Soil Map may not be valid at this scale.

MAP LEGEND MAP INFORMATION

Area of Interest (AOI)Area of Interest (AOI)

SoilsSoil Rating Polygons

Fine, mixed, active,thermic Aquic ArgiudollsFine, smectitic, thermicOxyaquic Vertic ArgiudollsFine-silty, mixed, active,thermic Pachic ArgiudollsFine-silty, mixed,superactive, thermicCumulic HapludollsNot rated or not available

Soil Rating LinesFine, mixed, active,thermic Aquic ArgiudollsFine, smectitic, thermicOxyaquic Vertic ArgiudollsFine-silty, mixed, active,thermic Pachic ArgiudollsFine-silty, mixed,superactive, thermicCumulic HapludollsNot rated or not available

Soil Rating Points

Fine, mixed, active,thermic Aquic ArgiudollsFine, smectitic, thermicOxyaquic Vertic ArgiudollsFine-silty, mixed, active,thermic Pachic ArgiudollsFine-silty, mixed,superactive, thermicCumulic HapludollsNot rated or not available

Water FeaturesStreams and Canals

TransportationRails

Interstate Highways

US Routes

Major Roads

Local Roads

BackgroundAerial Photography

The soil surveys that comprise your AOI were mapped at1:24,000.

Warning: Soil Map may not be valid at this scale.

Enlargement of maps beyond the scale of mapping can causemisunderstanding of the detail of mapping and accuracy of soilline placement. The maps do not show the small areas ofcontrasting soils that could have been shown at a more detailedscale.

Please rely on the bar scale on each map sheet for mapmeasurements.

Source of Map: Natural Resources Conservation ServiceWeb Soil Survey URL:Coordinate System: Web Mercator (EPSG:3857)

Maps from the Web Soil Survey are based on the Web Mercatorprojection, which preserves direction and shape but distortsdistance and area. A projection that preserves area, such as theAlbers equal-area conic projection, should be used if moreaccurate calculations of distance or area are required.

This product is generated from the USDA-NRCS certified data asof the version date(s) listed below.

Soil Survey Area: Osage County, KansasSurvey Area Data: Version 15, Sep 20, 2016

Soil map units are labeled (as space allows) for map scales1:50,000 or larger.

Date(s) aerial images were photographed: Aug 3, 2010—Sep28, 2011

The orthophoto or other base map on which the soil lines werecompiled and digitized probably differs from the backgroundimagery displayed on these maps. As a result, some minorshifting of map unit boundaries may be evident.




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Soil Taxonomy Classification

Soil Taxonomy Classification— Summary by Map Unit — Osage County, Kansas (KS139)

Map unit symbol Map unit name Rating Acres in AOI Percent of AOI

8300 Verdigris silt loam,channeled, 0 to 2percent slopes,frequently flooded

Fine-silty, mixed,superactive, thermicCumulic Hapludolls

1.9 2.3%

8302 Verdigris silt loam, 0 to 1percent slopes,occasionally flooded

Fine-silty, mixed,superactive, thermicCumulic Hapludolls

18.2 22.1%

8501 Mason silt loam, 0 to 1percent slopes, rarelyflooded

Fine-silty, mixed, active,thermic PachicArgiudolls

0.1 0.1%

8735 Eram silty clay loam, 3to 7 percent slopes

Fine, mixed, active,thermic AquicArgiudolls

60.2 73.1%

8912 Summit silty clay loam,3 to 7 percent slopes

Fine, smectitic, thermicOxyaquic VerticArgiudolls

2.0 2.4%

Totals for Area of Interest 82.4 100.0%




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Description

This rating presents the taxonomic classification based on Soil Taxonomy.

The system of soil classification used by the National Cooperative Soil Surveyhas six categories (Soil Survey Staff, 1999 and 2003). Beginning with thebroadest, these categories are the order, suborder, great group, subgroup, family,and series. Classification is based on soil properties observed in the field orinferred from those observations or from laboratory measurements. This tableshows the classification of the soils in the survey area. The categories aredefined in the following paragraphs.

ORDER. Twelve soil orders are recognized. The differences among orders reflectthe dominant soil-forming processes and the degree of soil formation. Each orderis identified by a word ending in sol. An example is Alfisols.

SUBORDER. Each order is divided into suborders primarily on the basis ofproperties that influence soil genesis and are important to plant growth orproperties that reflect the most important variables within the orders. The lastsyllable in the name of a suborder indicates the order. An example is Udalfs (Ud,meaning humid, plus alfs, from Alfisols).

GREAT GROUP. Each suborder is divided into great groups on the basis of closesimilarities in kind, arrangement, and degree of development of pedogenichorizons; soil moisture and temperature regimes; type of saturation; and basestatus. Each great group is identified by the name of a suborder and by a prefixthat indicates a property of the soil. An example is Hapludalfs (Hapl, meaningminimal horizonation, plus udalfs, the suborder of the Alfisols that has a udicmoisture regime).

SUBGROUP. Each great group has a typic subgroup. Other subgroups areintergrades or extragrades. The typic subgroup is the central concept of the greatgroup; it is not necessarily the most extensive. Intergrades are transitions toother orders, suborders, or great groups. Extragrades have some properties thatare not representative of the great group but do not indicate transitions to anyother taxonomic class. Each subgroup is identified by one or more adjectivespreceding the name of the great group. The adjective Typic identifies thesubgroup that typifies the great group. An example is Typic Hapludalfs.

FAMILY. Families are established within a subgroup on the basis of physical andchemical properties and other characteristics that affect management. Generally,the properties are those of horizons below plow depth where there is muchbiological activity. Among the properties and characteristics considered areparticle-size class, mineralogy class, cation-exchange activity class, soiltemperature regime, soil depth, and reaction class. A family name consists of thename of a subgroup preceded by terms that indicate soil properties. An exampleis fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Hapludalfs.

SERIES. The series consists of soils within a family that have horizons similar incolor, texture, structure, reaction, consistence, mineral and chemicalcomposition, and arrangement in the profile.




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References:

Soil Survey Staff. 1999. Soil taxonomy: A basic system of soil classification formaking and interpreting soil surveys. 2nd edition. Natural ResourcesConservation Service. U.S. Department of Agriculture Handbook 436.

Soil Survey Staff. 2006. Keys to soil taxonomy. 10th edition. U.S. Department ofAgriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. (The soils in a givensurvey area may have been classified according to earlier editions of thispublication.)

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Aggregation Method: Dominant Condition

Component Percent Cutoff: None Specified

Tie-break Rule: Lower




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