IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wildhorse
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980NE161005
  • User Pedon ID: 80NE161005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0127
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48421
  • 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: 42.2391663
  • Std. Longitude: -102.4427795
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26N
  • Range: 44W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 375 meters E and 525 meters S of NW corner
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE161—Sheridan
  • MLRA: 65—Nebraska Sand Hills

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Shurtliff and Hover
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Aquic Ustipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wildhorse
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Els
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Aquic Ustipsamment
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1980
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • 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
    • 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 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; fine sand; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P00643
    1A12—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, gray (10YR 5/1) interior, dry; fine sand; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P00644
    1AC—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P00645
    1C1—41 to 107 centimeters (16.1 to 42.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, dry; fine sand; 1 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) medium faint mottles; single grain; soft, very friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P00646. few medium faint 10YR32 mottles
    1C2—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; fine sand; 30 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) medium faint mottles; single grain; soft, very friable; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 81P00647. many medium faint 10YR33 mottles