IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): BUSHER
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988NE031032
  • User Pedon ID: 88NE031032
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1988NE031032
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0028
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61133
  • Print Date: 1/28/2025

    • 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: 42.7983322
  • Std. Longitude: -102.0819473
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 33N
  • Range: 40W
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 750 feet E and 600 feet S of NW corner
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE031—Cherry
  • MLRA: 64—Mixed Sandy and Silty Tableland and Badlands
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE031—Cherry County, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: RR Hammer and DN Stalder
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Torriorthentic Haplustolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 32
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - BUSHER
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/2/2003
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Busher
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Torriorthentic Haplusto
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1988
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BOGR2

    CALO

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Calamovilfa longifolia

    blue grama

    prairie sandreed

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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

    11

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    1097

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    270

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    A1—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 2 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter sandstone, calcareous fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00296
    A2—20 to 45 centimeters (7.9 to 17.7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 2 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter sandstone, calcareous fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, phenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P00297
    Bw—45 to 81 centimeters (17.7 to 31.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) crushed, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 8 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter sandstone, calcareous fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P00298
    C—81 to 106 centimeters (31.9 to 41.7 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) crushed, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist; loamy very fine sand; soft, very friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 roots top of horizon; 5 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter sandstone, calcareous fragments and 8 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter sandstone, calcareous fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, phenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P00299
    Cr—106 to 152 centimeters (41.7 to 59.8 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2) crushed, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, phenol red. Lab sample # 89P00300