IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Els
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1986NE009053
  • User Pedon ID: 1986NE009053
  • User Site Association ID: NE009-TUDS
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0167
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59463
  • 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: 42.0508224
  • Std. Longitude: -99.8595928
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24N
  • Range: 22W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 2,500 feet north and 50 feet east of the SW corner
  • Location Description: 100 feet W of Highway.
  • Map Unit: EfB—Els-Ipage complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE009—Blaine
  • MLRA: 65—Nebraska Sand Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE009—Blaine County, Nebraska
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42099-A7—Goldman Lake SE, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Daniel R. Shurtliff
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Aquic Ustipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 53
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Els
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/8/2010
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Els
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Aquic Ustipsamments
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1986
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian sands and/or sandy alluvium
  • Landscape: sandhills
  • Landform: interdune
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: rare flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1986 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    aquic conditions

    0—18

    46—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

    1

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    793

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    180

    94

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    A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 5.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P0900
    AC—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; fine sand; single grain; loose; 2.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P0901
    C—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; fine sand; single grain; loose; 0.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P0902
    Cg—46 to 152 centimeters (18.1 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; fine sand; single grain; loose; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 10 percent fine prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # 87P0903