IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gayville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976NE121119
  • User Pedon ID: 1976NE121119
  • User Site Association ID: NE121-TUDS
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2217
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36369
  • 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: 41.1772222
  • Std. Longitude: -98.1413889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14N
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 100 feet north and 1,500 feet west of the SE corner
  • Map Unit: Gc—Gayville-Caruso complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes8463—Gayville-Caruso complex, occasionally flooded
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE121—Merrick
  • MLRA: 71—Central Nebraska Loess Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE121—Merrick County, Nebraska
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41098-B2—Archer, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Robert S. Pollock and Isaac Knapton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Leptic Natrustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 119
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gayville
  • PSC - 5 to 55 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/8/2010
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gayville
  • Classificaton Date - 12/10/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for brief periods
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/10/1976 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    aquic conditions

    0—71

    5—56

    56—152

    —71—

    —51—

    —96—
    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

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    E—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; silt loam; weak fine platy structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17426
    Bt1—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay loam; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17427
    Bt2—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; clay; strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17428
    Bt3—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; clay loam; strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17429
    Bk1—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; sandy clay loam; 3 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17430
    Bk2—71 to 114 centimeters (28.0 to 44.9 inches); olive (5Y 5/3), olive (5Y 4/3), moist; sandy loam; 1 percent pale yellow (5Y 7/3) medium distinct mottles; massive; very hard, firm; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17431
    Bk3—114 to 135 centimeters (44.9 to 53.1 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3), olive (5Y 5/3), moist; sandy clay loam; 21 percent pale yellow (5Y 7/3) medium distinct mottles; massive; very hard, firm; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17432
    C1—135 to 152 centimeters (53.1 to 59.8 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2), olive gray (5Y 5/2), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17433
    C2—152 to 203 centimeters (59.8 to 79.9 inches); 2.5Y 3/0 (2.5Y 3/0), 2.5Y 2/0 (2.5Y 2/0), moist; silty clay loam; massive; very hard, very firm; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A17434