IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hastings
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 64NE181002
  • User Pedon ID: 64NE181002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 64NE181002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2101
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36259
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 40.2672348
  • Std. Longitude: -98.3698120
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 0.27 mile north and 420 feet west of southeast section corner
  • Map Unit: 2670—Holdrege silt loam, 3 to 7 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE181—Webster
  • MLRA: 75—Central Loess Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE181—Webster County, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Harry E. Paden.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Udic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hastings
  • PSC - 38 to 61 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/2013
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hastings
  • Classificaton Date - 9/29/1964
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peoria loess
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/29/1964 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ANGE

    BOGR2

    Andropogon gerardii

    Bouteloua gracilis

    big bluestem

    blue grama

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—38

    38—61

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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

    3

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    45

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    A11—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches);, very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A16655
    A12—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches);, very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate very fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A16656
    B1—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; silty clay loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A16657
    Bt21—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches);, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A16658
    B3—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches);, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; silt loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; weak fine prismatic parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A16659. Scattered nodules of iron.
    C1—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches);, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium faint mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A16660
    Ck2—102 to 130 centimeters (40.2 to 51.2 inches);, grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A16661
    Ck3—130 to 157 centimeters (51.2 to 61.8 inches);, grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A16662
    Ck4—157 to 185 centimeters (61.8 to 72.8 inches);, grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A16663
    C5—185 to 213 centimeters (72.8 to 83.9 inches);, grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A16664