IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gosper
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 73NE047014
  • User Pedon ID: 73NE047014
  • User Site Association ID: NE047-TUDS
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NL40001
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2072
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36230
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 40.7158889
  • Std. Longitude: -99.5696944
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9 N
  • Range: 20 W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 600 feet north and 2500 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Map Unit: Go—Gosper loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes8831—Gosper loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE047—Dawson
  • MLRA: 71—Central Nebraska Loess Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE047—Dawson County, Nebraska
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40099-F5—Overton, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Lawrence E. Brown, Frank E. Wahl, Louie L. Buller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gosper
  • PSC - 30 to 79 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/29/2013
  • Classifier - R Hammer
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Caruso
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Aquic Argiustolls
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1973
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy alluvium over sandy alluvium
  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: A.S. 75
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—48

    30—79

    135—152

    —48—

    —49—

    —17—
    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

    0.5

    —

    —

    707.1

    —

    0

    584

    —

    149

    10

    —

    —

    11.6

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; 7.2 pH CaCl2; 0.02 percent of soluable salts; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; neutral, pH 7.1, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary.
    A—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; 7.5 pH CaCl2; 0.01 percent of soluable salts; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; neutral, pH 7.3, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.
    Bt1—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; 7.7 pH CaCl2; 0.01 percent of soluable salts; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.
    Bt2—48 to 79 centimeters (18.9 to 31.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; 7.8 pH CaCl2; 0.04 percent of soluable salts; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.
    C1—79 to 104 centimeters (31.1 to 40.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; fine sandy loam; 70 percent sand; massive; soft, very friable; fragments; 8.1 pH CaCl2; 0.03 percent of soluable salts; 1 percent of carbonates; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.
    C2—104 to 135 centimeters (40.9 to 53.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; loamy sand; single grain; loose, loose; 10 percent medium distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist,; fragments; 8.2 pH CaCl2; 0.03 percent of soluable salts; 0.5 percent of carbonates; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.
    2C3—135 to 152 centimeters (53.1 to 59.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), moist; coarse sand; single grain; loose, loose; fragments; 8.2 pH CaCl2; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, pH meter.