IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Almeria
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2003NE089008-RRH
  • User Pedon ID: 03NE089008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N0288
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16187
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 42.4213905
  • Std. Longitude: -98.8638916
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28N
  • Range: 13W
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 700 feet west and 600 feet south of northwest corner
  • Map Unit: 4210—Almeria-Calamus complex, channeled, frequently flooded
  • 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-D7—Emmet, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. HAMMER
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Typic Fluvaquents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Almeria
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Typic Fluvaquents
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/25/2003
  • 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: sandy alluvium
  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for brief periods begining in jan
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/25/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 106
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Plant Association Name: wet subirrigated range site
  • 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    aquic conditions

    17—203

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    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

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    —

    634

    —

    610

    —

    144

    8.9

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    NE6290

    O'Neill

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) crushed, gray (10YR 5/1) crushed, dry; loamy sand; moderate medium granular structure; soft, very friable; rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 8.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 7.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-5-10 millimeter quartzite fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N01352; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    C—10 to 17 centimeters (3.9 to 6.7 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) crushed, dry; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose; rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 6.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 6.0 fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-5-10 millimeter quartzite fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N01353; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    A'—17 to 26 centimeters (6.7 to 10.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) crushed, dark gray (10YR 4/1) crushed, dry; sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; soft, very friable; moderate permeability; low excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent fine prominent threadlike noncoherent cemented brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries on surfaces along pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-5-10 millimeter quartzite fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N01354; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    C'g—26 to 31 centimeters (10.2 to 12.2 inches); 60 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed and 40 percent brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, 60 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed and 40 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, dry; stratified stratified loamy sand to loamy fine sand; single grain; loose, loose; rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 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 on surfaces along pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-5-10 millimeter quartzite fragments; clear wavy boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    2Cg—31 to 35 centimeters (12.2 to 13.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) crushed, dark gray (10YR 4/1) crushed, dry; fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable; moderate permeability; low excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2 percent fine prominent threadlike noncoherent cemented brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries on surfaces along pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-5-10 millimeter quartzite fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    3Cg1—35 to 55 centimeters (13.8 to 21.7 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) crushed, pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3) 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; 2 percent fine prominent threadlike noncoherent cemented brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries on surfaces along pores and 5 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries along lamina or strata surfaces; 2 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-5-10 millimeter quartzite fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N01355; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    3Cg2—55 to 89 centimeters (21.7 to 35.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) crushed, pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3) crushed, dry; 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 prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, and brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries along lamina or strata surfaces; 2 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-5-10 millimeter quartzite fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N01356; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    3Cg3—89 to 203 centimeters (35.0 to 79.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) crushed, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) crushed, dry; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose; rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 5 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, and brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries along lamina or strata surfaces; 2 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-5-10 millimeter quartzite fragments. Lab sample # 04N01357; wet when described; observed in pit, small