Soil Series Atlas

Harney soil series

Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Argiustolls

050100150cm1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ftApTopsoil · plowed0–23 cm · 0–9 inABTopsoil grading to subsoil23–30 cm · 9–12 inBt1Subsoil · clay build-up30–46 cm · 12–18 inBt2Subsoil · clay build-up46–71 cm · 18–28 inBCkSubsoil grading to parent material · lime(carbonate) build-up71–89 cm · 28–35 inCkParent material · lime (carbonate)build-up89–119 cm · 35–47 inCParent material119–152 cm · 47–60 in050100150cmApTopsoil · plowed0–23 cm · 0–9 inABTopsoil grading tosubsoil23–30 cm · 9–12 inBt1Subsoil · clay build-up30–46 cm · 12–18 inBt2Subsoil · clay build-up46–71 cm · 18–28 inBCkSubsoil grading toparent material · lime(carbonate) build-up71–89 cm · 28–35 inCkParent material · lime(carbonate) build-up89–119 cm · 35–47 inCParent material119–152 cm · 47–60 in
Typical pedon, to scale: 152 cm (60 in), 7 horizons.

Mollisols — soils with a thick, dark, organic-rich topsoil

With 3.89 million acres mapped, Harney is the 7th-largest of 24,791 U.S. soil series. No series covers more of Kansas: it accounts for 7.6% of the state’s mapped soil. Among the 7,593 mapped Mollisols it is the 3rd-largest. Besides it, only Hilo and Natchez are classed deep in this atlas. It is the state soil of Kansas.

Depth
Deep
Drainage
Well drained
Water movement
Moderately slow

Compare with another seriesSimilar series in the finder

Where Harney is mapped

3,889,386 acres in 51 soil survey areas, from current SSURGO data.

AlabamaArizonaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaIndianaKansas: 3,873,178 acresMaineMassachusettsMinnesotaNew JerseyNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOklahomaPennsylvaniaSouth DakotaTexasWyomingConnecticutMissouriWest VirginiaIllinoisNew MexicoArkansasCaliforniaDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaIowaKentuckyMarylandMichiganMississippiMontanaNew HampshireNew YorkOhioOregonTennesseeUtahVirginiaWashingtonWisconsinNebraska: 16,208 acresSouth CarolinaIdahoNevadaVermontLouisianaRhode Island

Share of all Harney acres

  1. Kansas100%
  2. Nebraska0.4%
  • Rank in the state · share of its mapped soil
  • Kansas 1st of 452 · 7.59%

In the field

Drainage

Well drained

Drains fastStays wet

Soil depth

Deep

ShallowDeep

Natchez and Hilo also are classed deep.

Permeability

Moderately slow

SlowFast
Parent material
Loess
Landform
Uplands
Type location
Kansas

How it is classified

  1. OrderMollisols
  2. SuborderUstolls
  3. Great groupArgiustolls
  4. SubgroupTypic Argiustolls
  5. FamilyFine, smectitic, mesic Typic Argiustollsfine particle-size classsmectitic mineralogy classmesic soil temperature regime

Against other Mollisols

Harney makes up 0.89% of all mapped Mollisols — the 3rd largest of 7,593 series in the order.

Solum thickness (topsoil + subsoil)

89 cm under a median of 104 cm

Depth to the subsoil

30 cm over a median of 25 cm

Its relatives

9 other established series share the family “Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Argiustolls”

  1. Harney3.9 M
  2. Spearville253 k
  3. Reliance228 k
  4. Raber194 k
  5. Brolliar182 k
  6. Pluto180 k
  7. Beadle138 k
  8. Mento119 k
  9. Carlson68 k

Close relatives, at one scale

  1. Harney152 cm · Typic Argiustolls
  2. Holdrege203 cm · Typic Argiustolls
  3. Williams152 cm · Typic Argiustolls
  4. Houdek152 cm · Typic Argiustolls

Horizon by horizon

HorizonLayerDepthThickness
ApTopsoil: plowed0–23 cm0–9 in23 cm
ABTopsoil grading to subsoil23–30 cm9–12 in7 cm
Bt1Subsoil: clay build-up30–46 cm12–18 in16 cm
Bt2Subsoil: clay build-up46–71 cm18–28 in25 cm
BCkSubsoil grading to parent material: lime (carbonate) build-up71–89 cm28–35 in18 cm
CkParent material: lime (carbonate) build-up89–119 cm35–47 in30 cm
CParent material119–152 cm47–60 in33 cm

Sources: USDA–NRCS Official Series Description (revised n/a), Soil Classification database and SSURGO. Ranks computed by Soil Series Atlas. Method · Guides