IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Aksarben
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 80NE109002
  • User Pedon ID: 80NE109002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80P0333
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48111
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • 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: 40.9222221
  • Std. Longitude: -96.6463852
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 600 meters S and 270 meters W of NE corner
  • Map Unit: 7207—Aksarben silty clay loam, 6 to 11 percent slopes
  • 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: G. A. Borchers
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Aksarben
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sharpsburg
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Typic Argiudoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1980
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1980 (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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—25

    25—102

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    —77—
    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

    9

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, dry; silty clay loam; 7 percent sand; 38 percent clay; cloddy parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; very dark brown (10YR 2/2) organic stains; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01725
    AB—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, dry; silty clay; 5 percent sand; 41 percent clay; cloddy parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; very dark brown (10YR 2/2) organic stains; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01726
    Bt1—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; silty clay; 2 percent sand; 44 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01727
    Bt2—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; silty clay; 2 percent sand; 41 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01728
    Bt3—53 to 76 centimeters (20.9 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; silty clay loam; 3 percent sand; 38 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01729
    Bt4—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; silty clay loam; 2 percent sand; 35 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 1 percent iron concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01730
    C—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; silty clay loam; 3 percent sand; 31 percent clay; 11 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) fine distinct mottles; massive; hard, firm; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6. Lab sample # 80P01731