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State Soil of Kansas
By USDA - NRCA
Apr 20, 2008, 22:31 PST
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The State Soil of Kansas
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Harney Soil Profile
- Surface layer: dark grayish brown silt loam
- Subsurface layer: dark grayish brown silty clay loam
- Subsoil - upper: grayish brown silty clay loam
- Subsoil - middle: light brownish gray, calcarous silty clay loam
- Subsoil - lower: light gray, calcarous silt loam
The Harney series was adopted as the Official State Soil of
Kansas on April 12, 1990, when Governor Mike Hyden signed
Senate Bill 96. The name “Harney” (meaning people) is derived
from “harahey,” an ancient Wichita Indian term for “Pawnee
Indian,” stemming from when Coronado journeyed across
Kansas.
Harney soils have the ideal qualities of prairie soils. They are
recognized as prime farmland and have excellent properties for
producing food and fiber crops. These soils occur on about
4 million acres in west-central Kansas. Kansas is one of the top
producers of wheat, grain sorghum, and silage in the nation
because of Harney and other productive soils.
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