IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Valentine
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1986NE009054
  • User Pedon ID: 1986NE009054
  • User Site Association ID: NE009-TUDS
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0168
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59464
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 41.8841571
  • Std. Longitude: -99.8634807
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 22W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 1,700 feet north and 300 feet west of the SE corner
  • Map Unit: VaE—Valentine fine sand, rolling
  • 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: 41099-H7—Brewster, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Daniel R. Shurtliff
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Typic Ustipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 54
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Valentine
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/8/2010
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Valentine
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1986
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian sands
  • Landscape: upland
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: none 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

    0—13

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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

    19

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    778

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; fine sand; single grain; loose; 5.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P0904
    AC—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 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; slightly acid, pH 6.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P0905
    C1—28 to 64 centimeters (11.0 to 25.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; fine sand; single grain; loose; 1.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P0906
    C2—64 to 152 centimeters (25.2 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; fine sand; single grain; loose; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4. Lab sample # 87P0907