IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Keith
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989NE049001
  • User Pedon ID: 89NE049001
  • User Site Association ID: mlra72-benchmark lab pedonsmlra72-Keith lab
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0169
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62102
  • Print Date: 4/23/2025

    • 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: 41.1697235
  • Std. Longitude: -102.4424973
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14N
  • Range: 45W
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 1765 feet N and 200 feet E of the SW corner
  • Location Description: Deuel County, NE.
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE049—Deuel
  • MLRA: 72—Central High Tableland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G.A. Borchers and T. Labenz.
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Keith
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Aridic Argiustolls
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1989 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop 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

    argillic horizon

    0—48

    23—48

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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

    2

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    1184

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    45

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P01142. few coarse roots
    A—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silt loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P01143. few coarse roots
    Bt1—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; moderate medium prismatic, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P01144. few coarse roots
    Bt2—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P01145. few coarse roots
    BC—48 to 76 centimeters (18.9 to 29.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P01146. few fine roots
    C1—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P01147. few fine roots
    C2—97 to 203 centimeters (38.2 to 79.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 90P01148