IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Crete
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985NE035112
  • User Pedon ID: 85NE035112
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0637
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58931
  • 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: 40.5811119
  • Std. Longitude: -98.1641693
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7N
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 700 feet south and 273 feet east of the northwest corner
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE035—Clay
  • MLRA: 75—Central Loess Plains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M. Kuzila
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 112
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Crete
  • PSC - 37 to 72 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: on a slope
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • 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

    umbric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—55

    37—72

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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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    135

    69

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    11

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    12

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    1Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, black (10YR 2/1) crushed, moist; silt loam; massive; very hard, friable; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P03702; dry when described;
    1BA—23 to 37 centimeters (9.1 to 14.6 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, black (10YR 2/1) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; strong very fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P03703; dry when described;
    1Bt1—37 to 55 centimeters (14.6 to 21.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, moist; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium blocky structure; very hard, firm; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P03704; dry when described;
    1Bt2—55 to 72 centimeters (21.7 to 28.3 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; silty clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine prismatic, and moderate fine blocky structure; very hard, very firm; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P03705; dry when described;. few fine distinct 10YR58 mottles
    1BC—72 to 110 centimeters (28.3 to 43.3 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine prismatic structure; hard, firm; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P03706; dry when described;. few fine distinct 10YR58 mottles
    1C1—110 to 140 centimeters (43.3 to 55.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed, moist; silt loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P03707; dry when described;. few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; common fine distinct 10YR58 mottles
    1C2—140 to 152 centimeters (55.1 to 59.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) crushed, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, moist; silt loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent medium irregular carbonate concretions; fragments. Lab sample # 86P03708; dry when described;. Common root channel fillings.; few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few medium carbonate concretions concentrations; common fine distinct 10YR58 mottles