IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Aksarben
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 86NE109001
  • User Pedon ID: 86NE109001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0103
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59399
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025
  • 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: 40.8552780
  • Std. Longitude: -96.4711075
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 2160 feet W and 420 feet S of the NE corner
  • Location Description: R.8W. recorded on description changed to R.8E.
  • Map Unit: 7207—Aksarben silty clay loam, 6 to 11 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE109—Lancaster
  • MLRA: 106—Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE109—Lancaster County, Nebraska
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bartles, Nettleton, LeGeros, Geschwender, Matteson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • 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 #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Aksarben
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sharpsburg
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Typic Argiudoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1986 (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

    0—28

    28—84

    —28—

    —56—

    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

    6

    374

    0

    Ap1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; silty clay loam; 5 percent sand; 40 percent clay; granular structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P0610
    Ap2—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; silty clay; 6 percent sand; 40 percent clay; weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P0611
    Ap3—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; silty clay; 3 percent sand; 41 percent clay; weak medium angular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 87P0612
    Bt1—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay; 3 percent sand; 43 percent clay; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; faint , moist, clay films; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P0613. continuous - phpvsfiid 1174522; continuous - phpvsfiid 1174522
    Bt2—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; 4 percent sand; 38 percent clay; 1 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine faint mottles; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; faint , moist, clay films; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P0614. few fine faint 10YR42 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 1174523; continuous - phpvsfiid 1174523
    Bt3—58 to 84 centimeters (22.8 to 33.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; 5 percent sand; 36 percent clay; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 11 percent fine dark concretions; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P0615. common fine dark concretions concentrations; few fine faint 10YR52 mottles
    BC—84 to 99 centimeters (33.1 to 39.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; 3 percent sand; 33 percent clay; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 11 percent fine dark concretions; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P0616. common fine dark concretions concentrations; few fine faint 10YR52 mottles
    C1—99 to 119 centimeters (39.0 to 46.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; 5 percent sand; 32 percent clay; 11 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) coarse distinct and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; massive; firm; 11 percent fine dark concretions; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P0617. common fine dark concretions concentrations; common coarse distinct 10YR52 mottles; common fine distinct 7.5YR46 mottles
    C2—119 to 160 centimeters (46.9 to 63.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; 5 percent sand; 30 percent clay; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine distinct and 11 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) coarse distinct mottles; massive; firm; fragments. Lab sample # 87P0618. common coarse distinct 10YR52 mottles; common fine distinct 7.5YR46 mottles