IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Almeria
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1985NE115034
  • User Pedon ID: 1985NE115034
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 1985NE115034
  • User Site Association ID: NE115-TUDS
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0268
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58073
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 41.9577686
  • Std. Longitude: -99.5893055
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 20W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 100 feet north and 100 feet east of the SW corner
  • Map Unit: Ab—Almeria loamy fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE115—Loup
  • MLRA: 65—Nebraska Sand Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE115—Loup County, Nebraska
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41099-G5—Almeria, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Daniel R. Shurtliff and Roger R. Hammer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy over loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Fluvaquents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 34
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Almeria
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/8/2010
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Almeria
  • Classificaton Date - 9/3/1985
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/3/1985 (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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ANGE

    PAVI2

    SONU2

    SPPE

    Andropogon gerardii

    Panicum virgatum

    Sorghastrum nutans

    Spartina pectinata

    big bluestem

    switchgrass

    Indiangrass

    prairie cordgrass

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    aquic conditions

    0—13

    13—152

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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

    2

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    51

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, dry; loamy fine sand; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P1545. slight effervescence at the surface; few thin strata of light gray fine sand
    Cg1—13 to 46 centimeters (5.1 to 18.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, dry; sand; single grain; loose; 10 percent fine prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P1546. few thin strata of fine sand and coarse sand
    Cg2—46 to 76 centimeters (18.1 to 29.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; stratified stratified fine sand; single grain; loose; 10 percent medium prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P1547
    Cg3—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, dry; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P1548
    Cg4—91 to 114 centimeters (35.8 to 44.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior and gray (10YR 5/1) interior, dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior and gray (10YR 6/1) interior, dry; stratified stratified fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P1549
    Cg5—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, gray (10YR 5/1) interior, dry; fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # 86P1550