IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Aksarben
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1958NE155006
  • User Pedon ID: 1958NE155006
  • User Site Association ID: NE155-TUDS
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2308
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37005
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024
  • 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: 41.3272222
  • Std. Longitude: -96.7741667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16 N
  • Range: 6 E
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 1056 feet north and 50 feet east of the SW corner of the NW quarter
  • Location Description: (east fourth light pole south of transformer pole). Approximately 5 miles south of Morse Bluff, Nebraska.
  • Map Unit: ShB—Sharpsburg silty clay loam, 2 to 4 percent slopes7646—Yutan, eroded-Judson complex, 6 to 11 percent slopes
  • 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-C7—Prague, Nebraska
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W.E. McKinzie and J.A. Elder
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Aksarben
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/26/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sharpsburg
  • Classificaton Date - 8/8/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty and clayey loess
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately 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—25

    25—69

    —25—

    —44—

    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

    2

    200

    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; silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary.
    BA—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary.
    Bt1—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silty clay; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint clay films; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; gradual smooth boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 370828; continuous - phpvsfiid 370828
    Bt2—46 to 69 centimeters (18.1 to 27.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silty clay loam; 1 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine faint mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; slightly plastic; faint clay films; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; gradual smooth boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 370829; continuous - phpvsfiid 370829
    BC—69 to 81 centimeters (27.2 to 31.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly plastic; faint clay films; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary. patchy - phpvsfiid 370830; patchy - phpvsfiid 370830
    C1—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; gradual smooth boundary.
    C2—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 1 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; gradual smooth boundary.
    C3—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 1 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; gradual smooth boundary.
    C4—152 to 213 centimeters (59.8 to 83.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; silty clay loam; 10 percent gray (5YR 5/1) fine distinct and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; gradual smooth boundary.
    C5—213 to 236 centimeters (83.9 to 92.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; silt loam; 10 percent gray (5YR 5/1) fine distinct and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0.