IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Crowther
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988NE161001
  • User Pedon ID: 88NE161001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0036
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60159
  • Print Date: 4/19/2025

    • 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: 42.2324982
  • Std. Longitude: -102.3627777
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26N
  • Range: 43W
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 2200 feet E and 2300 feet N of SW corner
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE161—Sheridan
  • MLRA: 65—Nebraska Sand Hills

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. McCoy, N. Helzer, and D. Hoover
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Calciaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Crowther
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Crowther
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mesic Typic Calciaquoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1988
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous 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

    calcic horizon

    0—35

    0—74

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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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    1187

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    41

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    O—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, dry; Error; 5.5 very fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P00233. many very fine roots
    Ak1—3 to 12 centimeters (1.2 to 4.7 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 5.5 very fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P00234. Secondary CaCO3 in the form of snail shells.; many very fine roots
    Ak2—12 to 23 centimeters (4.7 to 9.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, gray (10YR 6/1) interior, dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P00235. Some thought this should be a loam texture. There is a buried A horizon within the Ak2 that will reflect extra carbon.
    Ak3—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior, gray (10YR 6/1) interior, dry; loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P00236. common very fine and fine roots
    ACk1—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, light gray (10YR 7/1) interior, dry; fine sand, fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and structureless single grain; very friable; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P00237. Stratified snail shells prominent.; common very fine and fine roots
    ACk2—51 to 77 centimeters (20.1 to 30.3 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, gray (10YR 6/1) interior, dry; fine sandy loam; massive; very friable; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P00238. common very fine and fine roots
    C1—77 to 105 centimeters (30.3 to 41.3 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) interior, gray (5Y 5/1) interior, dry; loamy fine sand; massive; loose; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P00239. common very fine and fine roots
    C2—105 to 145 centimeters (41.3 to 57.1 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) interior, light gray (5Y 7/1) interior, dry; fine sand; single grain; loose; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 88P00240. common very fine and fine roots