IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Crete
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 60NE035001
  • User Pedon ID: 60NE035001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2241
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36388
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 40.4383316
  • Std. Longitude: -98.1952744
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 0.6 mile west and 135 feet south of the northeast corner
  • Map Unit: 3824—Crete silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE035—Clay
  • MLRA: 75—Central Loess Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE035—Clay County, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Joseph M. Downs
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Crete
  • PSC - 18 to 71 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Crete
  • Classificaton Date - 6/6/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • 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: 6/6/1960 (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—38

    28—61

    —38—

    —33—
    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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    90

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silt loam; 8 percent sand; 23 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17593
    AB—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; 6 percent sand; 32 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17594
    Bt1—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3) and brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; silty clay; 4 percent sand; 49 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17595
    Bt2—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; silty clay; 5 percent sand; 43 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky parts to fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent faint clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17596. continuous - phpvsfiid 1174559; continuous - phpvsfiid 1174559
    B2—61 to 71 centimeters (24.0 to 28.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay loam; 7 percent sand; 35 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17597. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1174560; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1174560
    Bk1—71 to 97 centimeters (28.0 to 38.2 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silty clay loam; 8 percent sand; 27 percent clay; massive; friable; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17598
    Bk2—97 to 122 centimeters (38.2 to 48.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silt loam; 9 percent sand; 21 percent clay; massive; very friable; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17599
    Bk3—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silt loam; 7 percent sand; 20 percent clay; massive; very friable; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A17600