IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): VALENT
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992NE161001
  • User Pedon ID: 92NE161001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992NE161001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0677
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64916
  • 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: 42.2255554
  • Std. Longitude: -102.4375000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26N
  • Range: 44W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 2200 feet W and 1900 feet N of the SE corner
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE161—Sheridan
  • MLRA: 65—Nebraska Sand Hills

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Roger H. Gary M. Casey L.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Ustic Torripsamments
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - VALENT
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Valent
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Ustic Torripsamment
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/1992
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: sandhills
  • Landform: dune
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/15/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 142
  • 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

    ANHA

    BOGR2

    CALO

    CAREX

    ERSP

    MUPU2

    OPUNT

    SPCR

    STCO4

    Andropogon hallii

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Calamovilfa longifolia

    Carex

    Eragrostis spectabilis

    Muhlenbergia pungens

    Opuntia

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    Stipa comata

    sand bluestem

    blue grama

    prairie sandreed

    sedge

    purple lovegrass

    sandhill muhly

    pricklypear

    sand dropseed

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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

    18

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    1182

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    50

    430

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    8

    17

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    9

    17

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3) and dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P04025
    AC—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3) and brown (10YR 4/3), moist; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04026
    C1—23 to 58 centimeters (9.1 to 22.8 inches);, pale brown (10YR 6/3) and brown (10YR 5/3), moist; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose; 5.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04027
    C2—58 to 99 centimeters (22.8 to 39.0 inches);, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) and pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose; 5.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04028
    C3—99 to 152 centimeters (39.0 to 59.8 inches);, very pale brown (10YR 7/4) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose; 1.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 92P04029