IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cullison
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989NE031040
  • User Pedon ID: 89NE031040
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1989NE031040
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0514
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62447
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 42.8877792
  • Std. Longitude: -101.9561081
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 34N
  • Range: 39W
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 2375 feet W and 300 feet N of SE 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: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Calciaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 40
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cullison
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cullison
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Calciaquoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1989
  • 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: 10/1/1989 (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

    ANGE

    SONU2

    SPPE

    Andropogon gerardii

    Sorghastrum nutans

    Spartina pectinata

    big bluestem

    Indiangrass

    prairie cordgrass

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

    mollic epipedon

    calcic horizon

    0—46

    0—127

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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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    1036

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    0

    46

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    9

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    72576

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    Ak1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; loam; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 5.5 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P02908. few medium roots throughout; many very fine and fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    Ak2—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; loam; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 5.5 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P02909. few medium roots throughout; many very fine and fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    Ak3—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky, and moderate very fine and fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 5.5 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P02910. few medium roots throughout; many very fine and fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    ACk1—46 to 94 centimeters (18.1 to 37.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky, and moderate very fine and fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 2.5 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P02911. few medium roots throughout; common very fine and fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    ACk2—94 to 127 centimeters (37.0 to 50.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1), light gray (10YR 7/1), dry; loam; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak very fine and fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. few medium roots throughout; common very fine and fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    C—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; loam; massive; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog. few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous