IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Burchard
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993NE159004
  • User Pedon ID: 93NE159004
  • User Site Association ID: 8790
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 5/493
  • Transect Interval - 101.7
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0519
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65862
  • 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: 40.8366661
  • Std. Longitude: -96.9461136
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Twin Lakes Wildlife Refuge Area-east of east lake
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE159—Seward
  • MLRA: 106—Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE159—Seward County, Nebraska
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40096-G8—Pleasant Dale, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mike Rokus, Sidney Paulson, Neil Patterson Group 4—Robert Rouse, Jim Saywer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Burchard
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • PSC - 14 to 64 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/20/1993
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/20/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - other
  • 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—24

    24—110

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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

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    Ap—0 to 14 centimeters (0.0 to 5.5 inches); black (2.5Y 2/1) crushed silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable, noncoherent, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 21.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular and 3.0 coarse high-continuity continuous tubular pores; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P03788
    ABt—14 to 24 centimeters (5.5 to 9.4 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) crushed silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P03789. composite sample 14 to 63 cm.
    Bt1—24 to 38 centimeters (9.4 to 15.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; faint black (2.5Y 2/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P03789. composite sample 14 to 63 cm.; patchy - phpvsfiid 192235; patchy - phpvsfiid 192235
    Bt2—38 to 63 centimeters (15.0 to 24.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) crushed clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; distinct olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) pressure faces on faces of peds and faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P03789. composite sample 14 to 63 cm.; continuous - phpvsfiid 176611; patchy - phpvsfiid 192236; continuous - phpvsfiid 176611; patchy - phpvsfiid 192236
    Bt3—63 to 87 centimeters (24.8 to 34.3 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) crushed clay; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and in pores and distinct olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) pressure faces on faces of peds; 3 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. patchy - phpvsfiid 176612; continuous - phpvsfiid 176613; patchy - phpvsfiid 176612; continuous - phpvsfiid 176613
    BtK1—87 to 110 centimeters (34.3 to 43.3 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) crushed clay; 25 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) and 35 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and 40 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; distinct olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) pressure faces on faces of peds; 2 percent fine and medium cylindrical white (10YR 8/1) carbonate masses; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. continuous - phpvsfiid 176614; continuous - phpvsfiid 176614