IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elsmere
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980NE149003
  • User Pedon ID: 80NE149003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80P0189
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47967
  • 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: 42.5219460
  • Std. Longitude: -99.5363922
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 30N
  • Range: 19W
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 210 meters E and 60 meters N of SW corner
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE149—Rock
  • MLRA: 65—Nebraska Sand Hills

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Zink
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Aquic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Elsmere
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elsmere
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Aquic Haplustoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1980
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1980 (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
    • 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
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    1A11—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, moist; loamy fine sand; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 2.5 roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P00947. 80P0947; common roots throughout
    1A12—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, black (10YR 2/1) interior, moist; loamy fine sand; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 2.5 roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P00948. 80P0948; common roots throughout
    1AC—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 2.5 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P00949. 80P0949; common fine and medium roots throughout
    1C1—46 to 79 centimeters (18.1 to 31.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; sand; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine faint mottles; single grain; soft, loose; 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P00950. 80P0950; few fine roots throughout; few fine faint 10YR44 mottles
    1C2—79 to 94 centimeters (31.1 to 37.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, 50 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, moist; loamy sand; 1 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) fine distinct and 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine faint mottles; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organic stains on faces of peds; 1 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P00951. 80P0951; few lime concretions concentrations; few fine distinct 10YR31 mottles; few fine faint 10YR44 mottles
    1C3—94 to 117 centimeters (37.0 to 46.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, 50 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, moist; loamy sand; 1 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) fine distinct and 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine faint mottles; weak coarse prismatic, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P00952. 80P0952; common fine faint 10YR44 mottles; few fine distinct 10YR31 mottles
    1Ab—117 to 130 centimeters (46.1 to 51.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, 50 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; loamy sand; 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine faint mottles; single grain; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P00953. 80P0953; common fine faint 10YR44 mottles
    1C4—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, 50 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, moist; sand; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine faint and 1 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) fine distinct mottles; single grain; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified. Lab sample # 80P00954. 80P0954; few fine distinct 10YR31 mottles; few fine faint 10YR44 mottles