Kansas State University

NACTA Soils Contest Materials and Resources

Schedule

• Practice pits will be open Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday the week of the contest
• Contest will be on Friday, April, 7 at 8:00 am
• See FAQs for more information

Materials

• 2-year division handbook
• 2-year division scorecard
• 4-year division handbook
• 4-year division scorecard

• Figure 1 Kansas Physiography
• Figure 1 Kansas Vegetation
• MLRA76 Rangeland Ecological Sites (PDF)
• MLRA76 Rangeland Ecological Sites

Resources

• eUpdate - Rangeland Fires (PDF)
• Genesis of Upland Soils in NE Kansas (PDF)
• Geoderma Presley Hartley Ransom 2010 (PDF)
• Grassland Dynamics - Geomorphology and Soils (PDF)
• Karlstrom et al Catena 72 113-128 2008 (PDF)
• Konza Prairie Biological Station
• Konza Prairie Biological Station LTER Site
• Rannells Prairie Field Trip Soil Science Institute 2014 (PDF)
• Sodium Accumulation - Paranatric Manuscript SSH (PDF)
• Soil Horizons Busch and Presley 2014 (PDF)
• SSSAJ 78 556-566 2014 (PDF)
• Wehmueller MS Thesis 1996 Selected Pages (PDF)

Representative Soil Series

Website for Official Series Descriptions

 FAQs-Updated 4/1/17

• 2-year and 4-year Universities (PDF)
• 2-year Universities (PDF)
• 4-year Universities (PDF)

Contact Info

Dr. Mickey Ransom | Phone: 785-532-7203 | Email: mdransom@ksu.edu