IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alcester
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979NE027236
  • User Pedon ID: 79NE027236
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80P0092
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47322
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 42.4691658
  • Std. Longitude: -97.2061081
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 29N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 390 meters E and 180 meters N of SW corner
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE027—Cedar
  • MLRA: 102B—Till Plains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. Milliron, G. Halstead, and C. Markley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Cumulic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 236
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alcester
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alcester
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Cumulic Haplustoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1979
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1979 (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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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

    6

    —

    —

    —

    —

    180

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    1Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silt loam; weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P00431. 80P0431; many fine roots throughout
    1A12—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout; very dark brown (10YR 2/2) organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P00432. 80P0432; many fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 228860; continuous - phpvsfiid 228860
    1A13—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silt loam; moderate fine prismatic, and moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout; very dark brown (10YR 2/2) organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P00433. 80P0433; many fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 228861; continuous - phpvsfiid 228861
    1B1—51 to 74 centimeters (20.1 to 29.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 2.5 fine roots throughout; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P00434. 80P0434; common fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 214412; continuous - phpvsfiid 214412
    1B2—74 to 107 centimeters (29.1 to 42.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 2.5 fine roots throughout; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P00435. 80P0435; common fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 214413; continuous - phpvsfiid 214413
    1B3—107 to 147 centimeters (42.1 to 57.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; dark brown (10YR 3/3) organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P00436. 80P0436; few fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 214414; continuous - phpvsfiid 214414
    1C—147 to 152 centimeters (57.9 to 59.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, moist; silt loam; massive; hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 80P00437. 80P0437; few fine roots throughout