IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Els
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991NE031025
  • User Pedon ID: 91NE031025
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1991NE031025
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0350
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64589
  • 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: 42.6236115
  • Std. Longitude: -100.7050018
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 31N
  • Range: 29W
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 2100 feet S and 2000 feet E of the NS corner
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE031—Cherry
  • MLRA: 65—Nebraska Sand Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE031—Cherry County, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: RRH, WCM, CWL
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 25
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Els
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed Aquic Ustipsamments
  • PSC - 25 to 101 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/9/1991
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: sandhills
  • Landform: alluvial flat
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/9/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 137
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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

    ARFR4

    PASC5

    PAVI2

    POA

    SCSC

    SONU2

    Andropogon gerardii

    Artemisia frigida

    Panicum scribnerianum

    Panicum virgatum

    Poa

    Schizachyrium scoparium

    Sorghastrum nutans

    big bluestem

    prairie sagewort

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    switchgrass

    bluegrass

    little bluestem

    Indiangrass

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

    ochric epipedon

    0—27

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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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    886

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    500

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    8

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    9

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    72576

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    A—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; fine sand; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 21.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02143
    AC—12 to 27 centimeters (4.7 to 10.6 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; fine sand; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 21.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02144
    C1—27 to 45 centimeters (10.6 to 17.7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; fine sand; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; single grain; loose, loose; 5.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02145
    C2—45 to 76 centimeters (17.7 to 29.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; fine sand; 5 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine and medium distinct and 5 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine and medium distinct mottles; single grain; loose, loose; 5.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P02146
    C3—76 to 99 centimeters (29.9 to 39.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; fine sand; 21 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine and medium prominent and 21 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) fine and medium prominent mottles; single grain; loose, loose; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P02147
    C4—99 to 152 centimeters (39.0 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; fine sand; 21 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine and medium prominent and 21 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) fine and medium prominent mottles; single grain; loose, loose; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 92P02148