IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gus
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989NE031035
  • User Pedon ID: 89NE031035
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1989NE031035
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0515
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62448
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 42.6855545
  • Std. Longitude: -101.4294434
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 31N
  • Range: 35W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 1700 feet W and 100 feet S of NE corner
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE031—Cherry
  • MLRA: 65—Nebraska Sand Hills

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Roger R. Hammer, William C. Markley, and Vernon C.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Cumulic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 35
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gus
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gus
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Cumulic Haplaquoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1989 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ALAR

    CAREX

    TRPR2

    Alopecurus arundinaceus

    Carex

    Trifolium pratense

    creeping meadow foxtail

    sedge

    red clover

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    0—69

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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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    975

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    225

    48

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    9

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    72576

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    A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 5.5 very fine and fine roots throughout and 2.5 medium and coarse roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P02912. common medium and coarse roots throughout; many very fine and fine roots throughout
    A2—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; 1 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; 5.5 very fine and fine roots throughout and 2.5 medium and coarse roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P02913. common medium and coarse roots throughout; many very fine and fine roots throughout; few fine distinct 7.5YR34 mottles
    A3—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark gray (10YR 4/1) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; 1 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; 5.5 very fine and fine roots throughout and 2.5 medium and coarse roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P02914. common medium and coarse roots throughout; many very fine and fine roots throughout; few fine distinct 7.5YR34 mottles
    A4—46 to 69 centimeters (18.1 to 27.2 inches); 2.5Y 2/0 (2.5Y 2/0), 2.5Y 3/0 (2.5Y 3/0), dry; muck, loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable; 5.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P02915. many very fine and fine roots throughout
    C1—69 to 84 centimeters (27.2 to 33.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm; 2.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 90P02916. common very fine and fine roots throughout
    C2—84 to 109 centimeters (33.1 to 42.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; loam; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable; 2.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 90P02917. common very fine and fine roots throughout; few fine distinct 7.5YR44 mottles
    C3—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1), dark gray (5Y 4/1), dry; clay loam; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 90P02918. few very fine roots throughout; few fine distinct 7.5YR44 mottles