IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pawnee
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 73NE109001
  • User Pedon ID: 73NE109001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2157
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36312
  • Print Date: 4/29/2025

    • 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: 40.7125015
  • Std. Longitude: -96.7822189
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 200 feet north and 1320 feet west of southeast corner
  • Location Description: On cool season grass
  • Map Unit: PaC2—Pawnee clay loam, 2 to 7 percent slopes, eroded7503—Pawnee clay loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes, eroded
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE109—Lancaster
  • MLRA: 106—Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE109—Lancaster County, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L.Quandt, D. Lewis, S. Scheinost
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Oxyaquic Vertic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pawnee
  • PSC - 29 to 79 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/19/2003
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pawnee
  • Classificaton Date - 10/30/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey till
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/30/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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—48

    48—109

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    —69—
    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

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    A1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; clay loam; 24 percent sand; 27 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17031
    A2—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; clay loam; 25 percent sand; 31 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17032
    BA—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; clay; 23 percent sand; 40 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17033
    Bt1—48 to 58 centimeters (18.9 to 22.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; clay; 20 percent sand; 44 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*; organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17034. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1174570; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1174570
    Bt2—58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; clay; 26 percent sand; 41 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to strong coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17035
    Bt3—79 to 109 centimeters (31.1 to 42.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and brown (7.5YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; clay loam; 29 percent sand; 37 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A17036
    Bk—109 to 147 centimeters (42.9 to 57.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), pale brown (10YR 6/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dry; clay loam; 30 percent sand; 33 percent clay; strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; hard, firm; carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A17037
    C1—147 to 185 centimeters (57.9 to 72.8 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6), pale red (2.5YR 6/2), dry; clay loam; 30 percent sand; 33 percent clay; very dark gray (10YR 3/1) medium distinct mottles; strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; hard, firm; fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A17038
    C2—185 to 229 centimeters (72.8 to 90.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dry; clay loam; 30 percent sand; 31 percent clay; strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; hard, firm; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A17039