IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fontanelle
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999NE177008
  • User Pedon ID: 99NE177008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1999NE177008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0377
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11890
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 41.4484177
  • Std. Longitude: -96.3564758
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16N
  • Range: 9E
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 2300 feet east and 1100 feet south of the northeast corner
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE177—Washington
  • MLRA: 102B—Till Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE177—Washington County, Nebraska
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41096-D3—Arlington, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: PTC
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, nonacid, mesic Fluvaquentic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fontanelle
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed, nonacid, mesic Fluvaquentic Endoaquolls
  • Classificaton Date - 12/14/1999
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: meander scroll
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/14/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 24
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    POHY2

    Polygonum hydropiperoides

    swamp smartweed

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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
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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium and coarse roots throughout and 21.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P02568. common very fine and fine moderate continuity tubular pores.
    Bg—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); 60 percent black (10YR 2/1) and 40 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 medium and coarse roots throughout and 21.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P02569. common very fine and fine moderate continuity tubular pores.
    Cg1—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); 50 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and 50 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) silt loam; massive; very friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 3 percent fine spherical grayish brown (10YR 5/2) carbonate masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P02570. common very fine moderate continuity tubular pores.
    2Cg2—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); 50 percent very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) and 50 percent dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; stratified silt loam to fine sandy loam; massive parts to platy; very friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P02571. common very fine moderate continuity tubular pores.
    2Cg3—74 to 104 centimeters (29.1 to 40.9 inches); 35 percent very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) and 34 percent dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) and 31 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) stratified silty clay loam to fine sand; massive parts to platy; very friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 3 percent fine irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P02572. common very fine moderate continuity tubular pores.
    2Cg4—104 to 122 centimeters (40.9 to 48.0 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) stratified loam; massive parts to platy; very friable; 3 percent fine irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P02573
    3Ab—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); black (2.5Y 2/1), gray (2.5Y 5/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3 percent fine and medium irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P02574
    3Cg5—152 to 203 centimeters (59.8 to 79.9 inches); 50 percent dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) and 50 percent gray (2.5Y 5/1), gray (2.5Y 6/1), dry; silt loam; massive; friable; 3 percent fine irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 00P02575