IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Platte
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 75NE121092
  • User Pedon ID: 75NE121092
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2159
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36314
  • 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: 41.2011147
  • Std. Longitude: -97.8095169
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 1800 feet S and 100 feet E of NW corner
  • Map Unit: Pt—Platte loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes8563—Platte loam, occasionally flooded
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE121—Merrick
  • MLRA: 71—Central Nebraska Loess Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE121—Merrick County, Nebraska
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41097-B7—Clarks, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Robert Pollock and Isaac Knapton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Aeric Fluvaquents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 92
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Platte
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/10/2013
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Platte
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Mollic Fluvaquents
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1975
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy and gravelly alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for brief periods
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/11/1975 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    aquic conditions

    0—18

    18—152

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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

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    A1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, phenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17045
    AC—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 10 percent medium prominent brown (7.5YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17046
    C1—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; loamy fine sand; single grain; loose; 10 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17047
    2C2—38 to 152 centimeters (15.0 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; gravelly sand; single grain; loose; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, phenol red. Lab sample # 40A17048