IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Crete
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 90NE035001
  • User Pedon ID: 90NE035001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0511
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62444
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 40.5747223
  • Std. Longitude: -98.1344452
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7N
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 2000 feet W and 2150 feet N of the SE corner
  • Location Description: Clay County, NE.
  • Map Unit: 3824—Crete silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE035—Clay
  • MLRA: 75—Central Loess Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE035—Clay County, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C.E. Lee and R.D. Gross
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Pachic Udertic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Crete
  • PSC - 23 to 74 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Crete
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Pachic Argiustoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1990
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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—64

    23—64

    —64—

    —41—
    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

    —

    —

    553

    —

    135

    61

    —

    —

    11

    —

    —

    11

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silty clay loam; 13 percent sand; 27 percent clay; weak fine granular, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P2890
    Bt1—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silty clay; 7 percent sand; 44 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P2891. continuous - phpvsfiid 1174566; continuous - phpvsfiid 1174566
    Bt2—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist; silty clay; 7 percent sand; 44 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P2892. continuous - phpvsfiid 1174567; continuous - phpvsfiid 1174567
    BC—64 to 102 centimeters (25.2 to 40.2 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), olive (5Y 5/3), moist; silty clay loam; 11 percent sand; 34 percent clay; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; distinct clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent fine and medium irregular lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P2893. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1174568; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1174568
    C1—102 to 124 centimeters (40.2 to 48.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), moist; silt loam; 12 percent sand; 22 percent clay; 2.5Y 5/0 (2.5Y 5/0) distinct and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; massive; friable; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; faint clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate threads; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P2894. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1174569; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1174569
    C2—124 to 157 centimeters (48.8 to 61.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist; silt loam; 11 percent sand; 23 percent clay; 2.5Y 5/0 (2.5Y 5/0) distinct and 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; massive; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate threads; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 90P2895