IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hastings
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 94NE159006
  • User Pedon ID: 94NE159006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0778
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66951
  • 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: 40.8935013
  • Std. Longitude: -97.0561142
  • 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: Larry Brown and W. J. Vanek.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Udic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hastings
  • PSC - 21 to 71 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
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • 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: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—23

    21—71

    —23—

    —50—
    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

    —

    —

    450

    —

    33

    709

    —

    —

    11

    —

    —

    12

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Ap1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 medium roots throughout; 0.5 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06096
    Ap2—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06097
    Ap3—10 to 21 centimeters (3.9 to 8.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06098
    Bt1—21 to 32 centimeters (8.3 to 12.6 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, pressure faces on faces of peds and 10 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains on vertical faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06099. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1134121; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1134122; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1134121; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1134122
    Bt2—32 to 56 centimeters (12.6 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 3 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, pressure faces on faces of peds and 5 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06100. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1134123; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1134124; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1134123; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1134124
    Bt3—56 to 78 centimeters (22.0 to 30.7 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, pressure faces on faces of peds and 2 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains on vertical faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06101. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1134125; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1134126; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1134125; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1134126
    Bt4—78 to 107 centimeters (30.7 to 42.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silty clay loam; 3 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium prominent irregular mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06102
    BC—107 to 156 centimeters (42.1 to 61.4 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent irregular and 3 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) fine prominent irregular mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 3 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent medium threadlike noncoherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/2) carbonate threads throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06103. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1134127; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1134127
    C—156 to 200 centimeters (61.4 to 78.7 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent irregular and 3 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) fine prominent irregular mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 3 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on vertical faces of peds; 2 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses between peds; 5 percent medium threadlike noncoherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/2) carbonate threads throughout; fragments. Lab sample # 94P06104. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1134128; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1134128