IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wildhorse
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980NE161008
  • User Pedon ID: 80NE161008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0130
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48424
  • 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: 42.1844444
  • Std. Longitude: -102.4377747
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26N
  • Range: 44W
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 570 meters W and 60 meters N of SE 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 #: 8
  • 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 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; fine sand; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P00659
    1A12—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, gray (10YR 5/1) interior, dry; fine sand; weak medium granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P00660
    1AC—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; fine sand; weak medium 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 # 81P00661
    1C—25 to 152 centimeters (9.8 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, dry; fine sand; 11 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) medium faint and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium faint mottles; single grain; loose; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 81P00662. common medium faint 10YR42 mottles; common medium faint 10YR54 mottles