IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alliance
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987NE161034
  • User Pedon ID: 87NE161034
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0176
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60299
  • 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: 42.7602768
  • Std. Longitude: -102.5308304
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32N
  • Range: 44W
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 1800 feet E and 400 feet N of the SW corner
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE161—Sheridan
  • MLRA: 64—Mixed Sandy and Silty Tableland and Badlands

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. McCoy
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 34
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alliance
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Aridic Argiustolls
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: upland slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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
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    1A—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, moist; loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P00929
    1Bt1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P00930
    1Bt2—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P00931
    1BC—51 to 58 centimeters (20.1 to 22.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; silt loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P00932
    1C—58 to 137 centimeters (22.8 to 53.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; loam; massive; soft, very friable; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P00933
    1Cr—137 to 152 centimeters (53.9 to 59.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2) interior; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Weakly cemented fine-grained sandstone.