IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Creighton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 85NE007001
  • User Pedon ID: 85NE007001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Print Date: 12/6/2025

    • 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: 41.5061111
  • Std. Longitude: -104.0355556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18 North
  • Range: 58 West
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 2300 feet east and 1100 feet south of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: 2300 feet east and 1100 feet south of the northwest corner of section 29, T18N, R58W

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Wayne J. Vanek
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Creighton
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Haplustolls
  • PSC - 25 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/25/1985
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/25/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • 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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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; very fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary.
    A—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; very fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.
    Bw1—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; very fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary.
    BC—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.
    C—64 to 152 centimeters (25.2 to 59.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist; very fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n.