Soil Series Atlas

Ulysses soil series

Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Torriorthentic Haplustolls

050100150200cm1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ft5 ft6 ftAp1Topsoil · plowed0–11 cm · 0–4 inAp2Topsoil · plowed11–22 cm · 4–9 inBwSubsoil · color or structure change22–47 cm · 9–19 inBk1Subsoil · lime (carbonate) build-up47–79 cm · 19–31 inBk2Subsoil · lime (carbonate) build-up79–114 cm · 31–45 inBk3Subsoil · lime (carbonate) build-up114–154 cm · 45–61 inBk4Subsoil · lime (carbonate) build-up154–200 cm · 61–79 in050100150200cmAp1Topsoil · plowed0–11 cm · 0–4 inAp2Topsoil · plowed11–22 cm · 4–9 inBwSubsoil · color orstructure change22–47 cm · 9–19 inBk1Subsoil · lime(carbonate) build-up47–79 cm · 19–31 inBk2Subsoil · lime(carbonate) build-up79–114 cm · 31–45 inBk3Subsoil · lime(carbonate) build-up114–154 cm · 45–61 inBk4Subsoil · lime(carbonate) build-up154–200 cm · 61–79 in
Typical pedon, to scale: 200 cm (79 in), 7 horizons.

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

With 2.81 million acres mapped, Ulysses is the 15th-largest of 24,791 U.S. soil series. In Kansas only one series covers more ground. Its solum is 96 cm thicker than the median for Mollisols. Besides it, only Eckrant, Port, and Uly belong to the great group Haplustolls in this atlas.

Depth
Very deep
Drainage
Well drained
Water movement
Moderately high

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Where Ulysses is mapped

2,812,965 acres in 58 soil survey areas, from current SSURGO data.

AlabamaArizonaColorado: 98,749 acresFloridaGeorgiaIndianaKansas: 2,394,302 acresMaineMassachusettsMinnesotaNew JerseyNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOklahoma: 162,132 acresPennsylvaniaSouth Dakota: 50,013 acresTexasWyoming: 7,830 acresConnecticutMissouriWest VirginiaIllinoisNew MexicoArkansasCaliforniaDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaIowaKentuckyMarylandMichiganMississippiMontanaNew HampshireNew YorkOhioOregonTennesseeUtahVirginiaWashingtonWisconsinNebraska: 99,938 acresSouth CarolinaIdahoNevadaVermontLouisianaRhode Island

Share of all Ulysses acres

  1. Kansas85%
  2. Oklahoma6%
  3. Nebraska4%
  4. Colorado4%
  5. South Dakota2%
  6. Wyoming0.3%
  • Rank in the state · share of its mapped soil
  • Kansas 2nd of 452 · 4.69%
  • Oklahoma 76th of 571 · 0.38%

In the field

Drainage

Well drained

Drains fastStays wet

Soil depth

Very deep

ShallowDeep

Water movement (Ksat)

Moderately high

SlowFast
Parent material
Loess
Landform
Plains, hills, plateaus/tablelands
Major land resource areas
72
Type location
Kansas

How it is classified

  1. OrderMollisols
  2. SuborderUstolls
  3. Great groupHaplustolls
  4. SubgroupTorriorthentic Haplustolls
  5. FamilyFine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Torriorthentic Haplustollsfine-silty particle-size classmixed mineralogy classsuperactive cation-exchange activity classmesic soil temperature regime

Against other Mollisols

Ulysses makes up 0.65% of all mapped Mollisols — the 6th largest of 7,593 series in the order.

Solum thickness (topsoil + subsoil)

200 cm over a median of 104 cm

Depth described

200 cm over a median of 152 cm

Its relatives

2 other established series share the family “Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Torriorthentic Haplustolls”

  1. Ulysses2.8 M
  2. Colmor331 k
  3. Ancho17 k

Close relatives, at one scale

  1. Ulysses200 cm · Torriorthentic Haplustolls
  2. Uly203 cm · Typic Haplustolls
  3. Port183 cm · Cumulic Haplustolls
  4. Eckrant76 cm · Lithic Haplustolls

Horizon by horizon

HorizonLayerDepthThickness
Ap1Topsoil: plowed0–11 cm0–4 in11 cm
Ap2Topsoil: plowed11–22 cm4–9 in11 cm
BwSubsoil: color or structure change22–47 cm9–19 in25 cm
Bk1Subsoil: lime (carbonate) build-up47–79 cm19–31 in32 cm
Bk2Subsoil: lime (carbonate) build-up79–114 cm31–45 in35 cm
Bk3Subsoil: lime (carbonate) build-up114–154 cm45–61 in40 cm
Bk4Subsoil: lime (carbonate) build-up154–200 cm61–79 in46 cm

Sources: USDA–NRCS Official Series Description (revised 2017-01), Soil Classification database and SSURGO. Ranks computed by Soil Series Atlas. Method · Guides