IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Burchard
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1958NE155001
  • User Pedon ID: 1958NE155001
  • User Site Association ID: NE155-TUDS
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2236
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36383
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 41.0741667
  • Std. Longitude: -96.7750000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13 N
  • Range: 6 E
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 1100 feet south and 30 feet west of the NE corner
  • Location Description: Approximately 3 miles east and 1/2 mile south of Valparaiso, Nebraska.
  • Map Unit: BSE2—Burchard and Shelby clay loams, 12 to 17 percent slopes, eroded7266—Burchard-Steinauer clay loams, 11 to 17 percent slopes, eroded
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE155—Saunders
  • MLRA: 106—Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE155—Saunders County, Nebraska
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41096-A7—Valparaiso, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W.E. McKinzie and J.A. Elder
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Burchard
  • PSC - 23 to 51 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/8/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Burchard
  • Classificaton Date - 8/8/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: calcareous fine-loamy till
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/8/1958 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—51

    23—51

    —51—

    —28—
    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

    12

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    270

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; clay loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.
    A—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Bt1—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary.
    Bt2—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.
    BCk—51 to 61 centimeters (20.1 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary.
    C1—61 to 91 centimeters (24.0 to 35.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; clay loam; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and 25 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine distinct mottles; strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary.
    C2—91 to 122 centimeters (35.8 to 48.0 inches); 50 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and 50 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), 50 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; clay loam; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct and 25 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine distinct mottles; strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; reddish brown (5YR 4/4) iron stains; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary.
    C3—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); 50 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and 50 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), 50 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; clay loam; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct and 25 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine distinct mottles; strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; reddish brown (5YR 4/4) iron stains; fragments; violent effervescence.