IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alliance
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988NE161019
  • User Pedon ID: 88NE161019
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0818
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60936
  • Print Date: 4/22/2025

    • 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: 42.9333344
  • Std. Longitude: -102.5416641
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 33N
  • Range: 45W
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: 1450 feet W and 2400 feet s of NE corner
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE161—Sheridan
  • MLRA: 64—Mixed Sandy and Silty Tableland and Badlands

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. McCoy and P. Young
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 19
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alliance
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Keith
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Aridic Argiustoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1988 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    1Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, moist; loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P04276
    1A—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, moist; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.
    1Bt1—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04277
    1Bt2—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.
    1BCk—41 to 64 centimeters (16.1 to 25.2 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, moist; loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary.
    1C—64 to 152 centimeters (25.2 to 59.8 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, moist; loam; massive; soft, very friable; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog.