IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Saltillo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2009NE109004
  • User Pedon ID: S09NE109004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2009NE109004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N0283
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24067
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 40.9054985
  • Std. Longitude: -96.6804199
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4 of the SW1/4
  • Map Unit: 7016—Salmo silty clay loam, channeled, frequently flooded
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE109—Lancaster
  • MLRA: 106—Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE109—Lancaster County, Nebraska
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40096-H6—Davey, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Kohake and G. Jackson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Halaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Saltillo
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/8/2009
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Saltillo
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, calcareous, mesic
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 12/17/2008
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Ponding: frequent ponding for long periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/17/2008 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - marshland
  • 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

    DISP

    PHAR3

    Distichlis spicata

    Phalaris arundinacea

    saltgrass

    reed canarygrass

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    0—16

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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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    348

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    Anz—0 to 16 centimeters (0.0 to 6.3 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), dry; stratified stratified silty clay loam; 33 percent clay; strong coarse platy structure; moderately hard, firm; 10 percent fine prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), dry, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N01740
    Bknz—16 to 34 centimeters (6.3 to 13.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; stratified stratified silt loam; 20 percent clay; strong coarse platy structure; slightly hard, friable; 25 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry, iron depletions and 25 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), dry, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N01741
    Bnz—34 to 54 centimeters (13.4 to 21.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; stratified stratified silt loam; 20 percent clay; strong coarse platy structure; slightly hard, friable; 25 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry, iron depletions and 25 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), dry, masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent fine prominent white (2.5Y 8/1), dry, salt crystals; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N01742
    Anzb1—54 to 66 centimeters (21.3 to 26.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; 29 percent clay; moderate coarse platy structure; moderately hard, firm; 25 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), dry, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N01743
    Anzb2—66 to 96 centimeters (26.0 to 37.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; stratified stratified silt loam; 22 percent clay; weak coarse platy structure; slightly hard, friable; 25 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry, iron depletions and 25 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), dry, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N01744
    Cknzg1—96 to 129 centimeters (37.8 to 50.8 inches); 50 percent black (10YR 2/1) and 50 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), 50 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) and 50 percent gray (10YR 6/1), dry; stratified stratified very fine sandy loam; 17 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N01745
    Cknzg2—129 to 160 centimeters (50.8 to 63.0 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), gray (2.5Y 5/1), dry; silt loam; 21 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable; 25 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), dry, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N01746
    Cknzg3—160 to 175 centimeters (63.0 to 68.9 inches); 50 percent black (2.5Y 2.5/1) and 50 percent dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), 50 percent dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) and 50 percent gray (2.5Y 6/1), dry; silt loam; 22 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N01747
    Cknzg4—175 to 216 centimeters (68.9 to 85.0 inches); black (2.5Y 2.5/1), dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), dry; stratified stratified very fine sandy loam; 14 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N01748
    Cknzg5—216 to 250 centimeters (85.0 to 98.4 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2), light gray (5Y 7/2), dry; loam; 20 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable; fragments; slight effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2. Lab sample # 09N01749