IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bufton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989NE165003
  • User Pedon ID: 89NE165003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0272
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61376
  • 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: 42.8802795
  • Std. Longitude: -103.8547211
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 33N
  • Range: 55W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 500 feet E and 2200 feet N of SW corner
  • Location Description: Sioux County, NE. , Sheet 21.
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE165—Sioux
  • MLRA: 60A—Pierre Shale Plains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mark Willoughby and Bob Rayer.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aridic Haplustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bufton
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Manzanola
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Ustollic Haplargid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1989 (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
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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01538
    Bt1—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01539
    Bt2—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01540
    BCk—41 to 69 centimeters (16.1 to 27.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P01541. few fine nests of carbonates
    C—69 to 152 centimeters (27.2 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 89P01542