IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Orella
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982NE165036
  • User Pedon ID: 82NE165036
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0425
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50662
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024

    • 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: 42.8994446
  • Std. Longitude: -103.5966644
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 34N
  • Range: 53W
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 1400 feet E and 200 feet S of the NW corner
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE165—Sioux
  • MLRA: 60A—Pierre Shale Plains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mark Willoughby
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, mixed, calcareous, mesic, shallow Ustic Torriorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 36
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Orella
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Orella
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, mixed, calcareous, mesic, shallow Ustic To
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1982
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1982 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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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    1A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, dry; silty clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P02175
    1AC—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, dry; clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P02176
    1C—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, dry; clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P02177