IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hastings
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 94NE159005
  • User Pedon ID: 94NE159005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0777
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66950
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 40.8947487
  • Std. Longitude: -97.0553360
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11 N
  • Range: 3 E
  • Section: 26
  • Map Unit: 3866—Hastings silt loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE159—Seward
  • MLRA: 75—Central Loess Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE159—Seward County, Nebraska
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40097-H1—Seward, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. Vanek, L. Brown, S. Samson, and J. Kimble.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Udic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hastings
  • PSC - 26 to 76 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/2013
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hastings
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Udic Argiustolls
  • Classificaton Date - 9/12/1994
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peoria loess
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/12/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind and water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—45

    45—93

    —45—

    —48—
    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

    3

    50

    10

    458

    —

    33

    709

    —

    —

    11

    —

    —

    12

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Ap1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) rubbed, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) rubbed, moist; silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06086
    Ap2—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) rubbed, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) rubbed, moist; silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06087
    Ap3—10 to 26 centimeters (3.9 to 10.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) rubbed, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) rubbed, moist; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06088
    Bt1—26 to 45 centimeters (10.2 to 17.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 10 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06089. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1134116; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1134116
    Bt2—45 to 71 centimeters (17.7 to 28.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) fine distinct irregular mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 5 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P06090. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1134117; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1134117
    Bt3—71 to 93 centimeters (28.0 to 36.6 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine faint irregular mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 2 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P06091. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1134118; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1134118
    Bk—93 to 153 centimeters (36.6 to 60.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, moist; silt loam; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct irregular and 3 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) fine distinct irregular mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 5 percent medium threadlike noncoherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/2) carbonate threads throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06092
    C1—153 to 161 centimeters (60.2 to 63.4 inches);, 80 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face and 20 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) broken face, moist; silt loam; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent irregular mottles; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 23 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06093. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1134119; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1134119
    C2—161 to 200 centimeters (63.4 to 78.7 inches);, 80 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face and 20 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) broken face, moist; silt loam; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent irregular mottles; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 23 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on vertical faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 94P06094. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1134120; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1134120