IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Crete
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 85NE035103
  • User Pedon ID: 85NE035103
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0628
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58922
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 40.3713875
  • Std. Longitude: -97.8638916
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 2110 feet south and 600 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Map Unit: 3824—Crete silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE035—Clay
  • MLRA: 75—Central Loess Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE035—Clay County, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M Kuzila
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Pachic Udertic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 103
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Crete
  • PSC - 43 to 88 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Crete
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Pachic Argiustoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landscape: plateaus or tablelands
  • Landform: plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—88

    43—88

    —88—

    —45—
    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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    1

    —

    —

    509

    —

    0

    69

    —

    —

    11

    —

    —

    12

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed, moist; silt loam; 4 percent sand; 23 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; hard, friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P3633; moist when described;
    A—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; silt loam; 5 percent sand; 25 percent clay; moderate fine platy structure; hard, friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P3634; moist when described;
    AB—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; silt loam; 5 percent sand; 25 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; hard, friable; fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P3635; moist when described;
    Bt1—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; silty clay; 2 percent sand; 52 percent clay; strong medium blocky structure; very hard, very firm; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P3636; moist when described;
    Bt2—58 to 73 centimeters (22.8 to 28.7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; silty clay; 2 percent sand; 48 percent clay; strong medium blocky structure; very hard, very firm; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P3637; moist when described;
    Bt3—73 to 88 centimeters (28.7 to 34.6 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; silty clay; 2 percent sand; 43 percent clay; moderate medium blocky structure; hard, firm; 1 percent medium irregular carbonate concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P3638; moist when described;. very few medium carbonate concretions concentrations
    BC—88 to 100 centimeters (34.6 to 39.4 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; 4 percent sand; 39 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 11 percent medium irregular carbonate concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P3639; moist when described;. common medium carbonate concretions concentrations
    C1—100 to 122 centimeters (39.4 to 48.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; 4 percent sand; 36 percent clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 11 percent medium irregular carbonate concretions and 11 percent medium threadlike carbonate concretions; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P3640; moist when described;. common medium carbonate concretions concentrations; common medium carbonate concretions concentrations; few fine distinct 7.5YR56 mottles
    C2—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; 5 percent sand; 30 percent clay; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable; 11 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; 11 percent fine threadlike carbonate concretions; fragments. Lab sample # 86P3641; moist when described;. common fine carbonate concretions concentrations; common fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; common fine distinct 7.5YR56 mottles; many medium distinct 7.5YR56 mottles