IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tuthill
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1987NE161036
  • User Pedon ID: 1987NE161036
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0178
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60301
  • 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: 42.7349583
  • Std. Longitude: -102.0676917
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32N
  • Range: 41W
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 350 feet W and 900 feet N of the SE corner
  • Location Description: The site is about 7 mi. east and 4 mi. south of Gordon, NE.
  • Map Unit: 5266—Tuthill fine sandy loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE161—Sheridan
  • MLRA: 64—Mixed Sandy and Silty Tableland and Badlands
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE161—Sheridan County, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: P. Young
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 36
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Tuthill
  • PSC - 23 to 53 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tuthill
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: mixed loamy over mixed sandy material from sandstone
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Drainage Pattern: parallel
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—36

    23—53

    —36—

    —20—
    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

    14

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    1083.6

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    45

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    A—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P0940
    Bt1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; strong medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P0941. Clay film thickness and continuity are thin and patchy.; patchy - phpvsfiid 1268741; patchy - phpvsfiid 1268741
    Bt2—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; strong coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; clay films on all faces of peds and clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P0942. Clay film thickness and continuity are thin and patchy.; patchy - phpvsfiid 1268742; patchy - phpvsfiid 1268743; patchy - phpvsfiid 1268742; patchy - phpvsfiid 1268743
    BC—53 to 61 centimeters (20.9 to 24.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, moist; loamy fine sand; single grain; soft, loose; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P0943
    2C—61 to 152 centimeters (24.0 to 59.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, moist; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 88P0944