IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kennebec
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994NE177014
  • User Pedon ID: 94NE177014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0325
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67343
  • 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: 41.6199989
  • Std. Longitude: -96.2313919
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 1800 feet south and 250 feet east of the northwest corner
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE177—Washington
  • MLRA: 107—Iowa and Missouri Deep Loess Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE177—Washington County, Nebraska
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41096-E2—Blair, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Stephen L. Hartung, Francis Belohlavy, Mark Kuzila, Glenn Borchers, Neal Stolpe
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 14
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kennebec
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic Pachic Argiudolls
  • PSC - 94 to 145 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/8/1994
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/8/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 6-46T
  • 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

    argillic horizon

    mollic epipedon

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    argillic horizon

    —

    —

    0—147

    94—203

    94—

    —109—

    —147—

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    —-

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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

    0

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    —

    337

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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 21.0 fine roots throughout; 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P02545
    A1—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 21.0 fine roots throughout; 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P02546
    A2—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) crushed, dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 21.0 fine roots throughout; 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02547
    A3—46 to 74 centimeters (18.1 to 29.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) crushed, very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 21.0 fine roots throughout; 21.0 fine tubular pores; 3 percent medium spherical noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) worm casts throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02548
    A4—74 to 94 centimeters (29.1 to 37.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) crushed, dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic structure; hard, firm; 21.0 fine roots throughout; 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02549
    BAt—94 to 124 centimeters (37.0 to 48.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) crushed, dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint black (10YR 2/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02550. patchy - phpvsfiid 181783; patchy - phpvsfiid 181783
    Bt1—124 to 147 centimeters (48.8 to 57.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), dry; silty clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine spherical black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02551. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 181784; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 181784
    Bt2—147 to 188 centimeters (57.9 to 74.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) crushed, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 30 percent prominent dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine spherical black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02552. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 181785; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 181785
    Bt3—188 to 203 centimeters (74.0 to 79.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) crushed, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 30 percent prominent dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine spherical black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments. Lab sample # 95P02553. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 181786; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 181786