IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blendon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1984NE077012
  • User Pedon ID: 1984NE077012
  • User Site Association ID: NE077-TUDS
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0229
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55945
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 41.4119444
  • Std. Longitude: -98.6644444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17 N
  • Range: 12 W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 1,200 feet north and 2,575 feet west of the SE corner
  • Map Unit: Bf—Blendon loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes6513—Blendon loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE077—Greeley
  • MLRA: 71—Central Nebraska Loess Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE077—Greeley County, Nebraska
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41098-D6—Scotia, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jay R. Wilson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Blendon
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/9/2010
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Blendon
  • Classificaton Date - 6/6/1984
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-loamy alluvium
  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/6/1984 (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

    cambic horizon

    0—107

    43—84

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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

    1

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    90

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; abrupt smooth boundary.
    A—15 to 43 centimeters (5.9 to 16.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; loam; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; gradual smooth boundary.
    Bw—43 to 84 centimeters (16.9 to 33.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; gradual smooth boundary.
    BC—84 to 107 centimeters (33.1 to 42.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary.
    C1—107 to 137 centimeters (42.1 to 53.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; loamy fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; gradual smooth boundary.
    C2—137 to 152 centimeters (53.9 to 59.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9.