IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Crete
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 55NE151002
  • User Pedon ID: 55NE151002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2245
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36392
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025
  • 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: 40.5491676
  • Std. Longitude: -96.9883347
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7N
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 1250 feet south and 100 feet west of northeast corner
  • Map Unit: 3824—Crete silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE151—Saline
  • MLRA: 75—Central Loess Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE151—Saline County, Nebraska
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B.H. Williams
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Pachic Udertic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Crete
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/6/2001
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Crete
  • Classificaton Date - 11/5/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/5/1955 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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

    argillic horizon

    0—53

    28—107

    —53—

    —79—

    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

    0

    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silty clay loam; 5 percent sand; 27 percent clay; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; soft, friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A17626
    A—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silty clay loam; 4 percent sand; 33 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A17627
    AB—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silty clay loam; 3 percent sand; 36 percent clay; strong fine granular parts to very fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A17628
    Bt1—28 to 53 centimeters (11.0 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silty clay; 3 percent sand; 45 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 21.0 roots; 1 percent fine dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) iron-manganese concretions; strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A17629
    Bt2—53 to 79 centimeters (20.9 to 31.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay; 3 percent sand; 42 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 3.0 roots; 1 percent fine dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A17630
    Bt3—79 to 107 centimeters (31.1 to 42.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silty clay loam; 3 percent sand; 38 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 roots; 1 percent fine dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A17631
    Bk1—107 to 135 centimeters (42.1 to 53.1 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist; silty clay loam; 4 percent sand; 32 percent clay; 1 percent gray (10YR 5/1) fine faint mottles; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent fine dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A17632
    Bk2—135 to 145 centimeters (53.1 to 57.1 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), moist; silty clay loam; 4 percent sand; 32 percent clay; 1 percent gray (10YR 5/1) fine faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 roots; 1 percent fine dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A17633
    C—145 to 157 centimeters (57.1 to 61.8 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), moist; silty clay loam; 4 percent sand; 33 percent clay; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 1 percent gray (10YR 5/1) fine faint mottles; massive; hard, friable; 3.0 pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3. Lab sample # 40A17634