IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blackloup

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2003NE089006-RRH

User Pedon ID: 03NE089006

Vegetation Plot ID: S2003NE089006-RRH

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 04N0286

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16186

Print Date: 11/21/2024

LOCATION

Location In Web Soil Survey

AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.

Location in SoilWeb

Location in Google Maps

Std. Latitude: 42.3551102

Std. Longitude: -98.4835815

Datum: WGS84

Township: 28N

Range: 10W

Section: 33

PLSS Details: 2000 feet west and 1700 feet north of SE corner

Map Unit: 4662—Loup fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes

State: Nebraska

County: NE089—Holt

MLRA: 65—Nebraska Sand Hills

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE089—Holt County, Nebraska

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42098-C4—Ewing SW, Nebraska

PEDON

Describers Name: R. HAMMER

Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Fluvaquentic Endoaquolls

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: OSD pedon

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Pedon #: 6

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Blackloup

Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Fluvaquentic Endoaquolls

PSC - 25 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 9/24/2003

Soil Taxonomic Edition - seventh edition

Moisture Class - aquic

Moisture SUBClass - aquic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 0

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: loamy deposits over sandy alluvium

Landscape: valley

Landform: flood plain

Slope Shape Across: convex

Slope Shape Down: linear

Runoff: negligible

Drainage Class: poorly

Flooding: rare flooding for brief periods begining in jan

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 9/24/2003 (actual site observation date)

Air Photo ID: 121

Plant Association Name: wet subirrigated

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
AGGI2 CAREX PHPR3 POA SPPE THIN6 TRPR2	Agrostis gigantea Carex Phleum pratense Poa Spartina pectinata Thinopyrum intermedium Trifolium pratense	redtop sedge timothy bluegrass prairie cordgrass intermediate wheatgrass red clover	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
mollic epipedon aquic conditions	0—32 20—203	—32— —183—

Setting and Climate
Slope	Slope Length USLE	Upslope Length	Elev.	Corr. Elev	Aspect	MAP	REAP	FFD	MAAT	MSAT	MWAT	MAST	MSST	MWST	MFFP	PE Index	Climate Station ID	Climate Station Name	Climate Station Type
%	m				degrees	mm	mm		C						mm
0.5	—	—	591	—		598	—	143	9.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	ne2805	Ewing	—

A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) crushed, dark gray (10YR 4/1) crushed, dry; loam; strong medium granular structure; soft, very friable; moderate permeability; low excavation difficulty; 7.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 6.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N01337; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket

A2—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) crushed, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) crushed, dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; moderate permeability; low excavation difficulty; 6.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N01338; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket

AC—20 to 32 centimeters (7.9 to 12.6 inches); black (10YR 2/1) crushed, dark gray (10YR 4/1) crushed, dry; fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; moderately rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent fine prominent threadlike noncoherent cemented brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries lining pores; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N01339; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket

Cg—32 to 71 centimeters (12.6 to 28.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) crushed, dry; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose; rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 5 percent fine distinct threadlike noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries lining pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.3, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N01340; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket

2Ab—71 to 78 centimeters (28.0 to 30.7 inches); black (2.5Y 2.5/1) crushed, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) crushed, dry; loam; massive; soft, very friable; moderate permeability; low excavation difficulty; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N01341; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket

3Cg—78 to 203 centimeters (30.7 to 79.9 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) crushed, gray (2.5Y 6/1) crushed, dry; stratified stratified fine sand to loam to fine sandy loam; single grain; loose, loose; rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-5-10 millimeter quartzite fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH meter. Lab sample # 04N01342; wet when described; observed in auger, bucket