IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mace
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985NE135031
  • User Pedon ID: 85NE135031
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0842
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57108
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 40.8555565
  • Std. Longitude: -101.7794418
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 39W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4 NE 1/4
  • Location Description: Perkins County, NE; 2 mi N and 2 1/2 mi W of Grant.
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE135—Perkins
  • MLRA: 72—Central High Tableland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: LG Ragon, SR Base, NP Helzer, SA Scheinost
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 31
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mace
  • PSC - 24 to 67 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mace
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Aridic Argiustoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop 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

    paralithic contact

    0—67

    24—67

    67—190

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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

    1

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    —

    1051

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    46

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    —

    10

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    255090

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    1Ap1—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; silt loam; 30 percent sand; 48 percent silt; 22 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 2.5 fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04536; dry when described;. Thin platy in lower 2 cm of horizon.; common fine roots throughout
    1Ap2—12 to 24 centimeters (4.7 to 9.4 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; silt loam; 30 percent sand; 44 percent silt; 26 percent clay; weak very coarse platy, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04537; dry when described;. common fine roots throughout
    1Btb1—24 to 48 centimeters (9.4 to 18.9 inches); 90 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior and 30 percent gray (10YR 5/1) interior and 70 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, 90 percent black (10YR 2/1) exterior and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; 25 percent sand; 47 percent silt; 28 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate and strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 fine roots throughout; 55 percent faint black (10YR 2/1) organic stains on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04538; dry when described;. Upper 6 cm lighter colored; stoneline is discontinuous; 5% insect casts dry 4/2 moist 3/2.; many organic coats surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 219369; continuous - phpvsfiid 219369
    1Btb2—48 to 67 centimeters (18.9 to 26.4 inches); 85 percent brown (10YR 5/3) exterior and 15 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) exterior and gray (10YR 5/1) interior, 15 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior and 85 percent brown (10YR 4/3) exterior and dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; 25 percent sand; 46 percent silt; 29 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 fine roots throughout; 37 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P04539; dry when described;. 15% dark colors=10% coats and 5% casts.; common organic coats surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 219370; patchy - phpvsfiid 219370
    2Cr1—67 to 85 centimeters (26.4 to 33.5 inches); 65 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed and 35 percent white (10YR 8/1), 65 percent brown (10YR 5/3) crushed and 35 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; gravelly silty clay loam; 35 percent sand; 37 percent silt; 28 percent clay; massive; very hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots in cracks; 11 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses and 1 percent medium spherical carbonate masses; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P04540; dry when described;. Stoneline thin and discontinuous; vertical cracks every 4 to 5 cm.; few medium soft masses of carbonate concentrations; common fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few fine roots in cracks; effervescence is continuous
    2Cr2—85 to 106 centimeters (33.5 to 41.7 inches); 15 percent white (10YR 8/1) and 85 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3), 15 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) and 85 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; gravelly silt loam; 40 percent sand; 34 percent silt; 26 percent clay; massive; hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots in cracks; 1 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P04541; dry when described;. few fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few fine roots in cracks; effervescence is continuous
    2C—106 to 145 centimeters (41.7 to 57.1 inches); 90 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/4) crushed and 10 percent pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), 80 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) crushed and 10 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; silt loam; 45 percent sand; 31 percent silt; 24 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P04542; moist when described;. effervescence is continuous
    2Ck—145 to 167 centimeters (57.1 to 65.7 inches); 75 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/4) crushed and 25 percent pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), 75 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) crushed and 25 percent pink (7.5YR 7/4), moist; gravelly loamy sand; 82 percent sand; 10 percent silt; 8 percent clay; massive; hard, friable; 1 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P04543; moist when described;. 10% gravel.; few fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; effervescence is continuous
    2C'—167 to 190 centimeters (65.7 to 74.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; gravelly loamy sand; 82 percent sand; 10 percent silt; 8 percent clay; massive; hard, friable; 1 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 85P04544; moist when described;. few fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; effervescence is continuous