IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Crete
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985NE035109
  • User Pedon ID: 85NE035109
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0634
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58928
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 40.5669441
  • Std. Longitude: -98.1519470
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7N
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: 2140 feet west and 1640 feet south of the northeast corner
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE035—Clay
  • MLRA: 69—Upper Arkansas Valley Rolling Plains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M. Kuzila
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Vertic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 109
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Crete
  • PSC - 32 to 82 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Crete
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Pachic Argiustoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateaus or tablelands
  • Landform: plain
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1985 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—48

    32—98

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    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

    2

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    555

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    315

    69

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    11

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    12

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    1A—0 to 24 centimeters (0.0 to 9.4 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; silt loam; weak fine platy, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P03680; dry when described;
    1E—24 to 32 centimeters (9.4 to 12.6 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; strong fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P03681; dry when described;
    1Bt1—32 to 48 centimeters (12.6 to 18.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium blocky structure; very hard, very firm; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P03682; dry when described;
    1Bt2—48 to 79 centimeters (18.9 to 31.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, moist; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium blocky structure; very hard, very firm; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P03683; dry when described;
    1Bt3—79 to 98 centimeters (31.1 to 38.6 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium blocky structure; hard, firm; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; 11 percent medium irregular carbonate concretions; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P03684; dry when described;. common medium carbonate concretions concentrations; few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few fine distinct 7.5YR46 mottles
    1BC1—98 to 114 centimeters (38.6 to 44.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium blocky structure; hard, friable; 11 percent medium spherical iron-manganese concretions; 11 percent medium threadlike carbonate concretions; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P03685; dry when described;. Common meidum pedotubules.; common medium carbonate concretions concentrations; common medium iron-manganese concretions concentrations; common fine prominent 7.5YR46 mottles
    1BC2—114 to 137 centimeters (44.9 to 53.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; weak medium blocky structure; hard, friable; 11 percent medium spherical iron-manganese concretions; 11 percent medium threadlike carbonate concretions; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P03686; dry when described;. Seperated from BC1 for sampling.; common medium carbonate concretions concentrations; common medium iron-manganese concretions concentrations
    1C—137 to 152 centimeters (53.9 to 59.8 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) crushed, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) crushed, moist; silt loam; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable; 11 percent medium spherical iron-manganese concretions; 11 percent medium threadlike carbonate concretions; fragments. Lab sample # 86P03687. Common 5 to 10 cm pedotubules.; common medium carbonate concretions concentrations; common medium iron-manganese concretions concentrations