IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ipage
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986NE031109
  • User Pedon ID: 86NE031109
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1986NE031109
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0108
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59404
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 42.4347229
  • Std. Longitude: -101.2055588
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28N
  • Range: 33W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 2175 feet E and 2100 feet S of NW corner
  • Location Description: Site is 170 feet N of trail.
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE031—Cherry
  • MLRA: 65—Nebraska Sand Hills

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. C. Markley, R. R. Hammer and J. L. Husbands
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Aquic Calciustepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 109
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ipage
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Snd
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1986
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: playa or alluvial flat
  • Slope Shape Down: undulating
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1986 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Elevation: 35
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BOGR2

    SPCR

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    blue grama

    sand dropseed

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    0—56

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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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    991

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    225

    48

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    9

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    10

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    072576

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    1A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; fine sand; weak fine granular, and weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00642; moist when described;. common fine roots; common very fine roots throughout
    1A2—13 to 33 centimeters (5.1 to 13.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, moist; loamy fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; very friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00643; moist when described;. few fine roots; few very fine roots throughout
    1Ak—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; very friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00644; moist when described;. Carbonates are visable as an intergral part of the matrix. (i.e., soil aggregates are coated with carbonates.); few fine roots; few very fine roots throughout
    1ACk—56 to 79 centimeters (22.0 to 31.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; fine sand; single grain; loose; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00645; moist when described;. Carbonates are same as above horizon.; few fine roots; few very fine roots throughout
    1C1—79 to 102 centimeters (31.1 to 40.2 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) interior, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, moist; fine sand; 1 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) fine distinct and 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; single grain; loose; 0.1 very fine roots throughout and 0.1 fine roots; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00646; moist when described;. few fine carbonate concretions concentrations; very few fine roots; very few very fine roots throughout; few fine distinct 7.5YR34 mottles; few medium distinct 7.5YR56 mottles
    1C2—102 to 117 centimeters (40.2 to 46.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, moist; fine sand; 30 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) medium distinct mottles; single grain; loose; 0.1 very fine roots throughout and 0.1 fine roots; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00647; moist when described;. few fine carbonate concretions concentrations; very few fine roots; very few very fine roots throughout; many medium distinct 7.5YR34 mottles
    1C3—117 to 142 centimeters (46.1 to 55.9 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) interior, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, moist; fine sand; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; single grain; loose; 0.1 very fine roots throughout and 0.1 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00648; moist when described;. very few fine roots; very few very fine roots throughout; few fine faint 10YR56 mottles
    1Ab—142 to 152 centimeters (55.9 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) interior, moist; loamy fine sand; 30 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) fine distinct and 30 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; very friable; 0.1 very fine roots throughout and 0.1 fine roots; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 87P00649; moist when described;. few fine carbonate concretions concentrations; very few fine roots; very few very fine roots throughout; many fine distinct 5YR34 mottles; many medium distinct 5YR34 mottles