IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Simeon

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2009NE171015

User Pedon ID: S09NE171015

Vegetation Plot ID: S2009NE171015

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 09N1178

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 25105

Print Date: 4/24/2025

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: 41.9500351

Std. Longitude: -100.4375305

Datum: WGS84

Township: 23N

Range: 27W

Section: 22

Location Description: .

State: Nebraska

County: NE171—Thomas

MLRA: 65—Nebraska Sand Hills

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE171—Thomas County, Nebraska

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41100-H4—Natick, Nebraska

PEDON

Describers Name: Roger Hammer, Howard Main, John Warner, Steve Scheinost, Cleveland Watts

Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Entic Haplustolls

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: within range of map unit

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon #: 15

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Simeon

Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Entic Haplustolls

PSC - 25 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 9/22/2009

Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition

Moisture Class - ustic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: sandy alluvium

Landscape: valley

Landform: stream terrace

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: linear

Runoff: negligible

Drainage Class: excessively

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 9/22/2009 (actual site observation date)

Air Photo ID: 11284-73

Surface Water Kind: none observed

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Yield Study ID - .

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
AMCU2 ANGE ANHA BOGR2 CALO EQUIS HELIA3 PAVI2 SPAS	Ambrosia cumanensis Andropogon gerardii Andropogon hallii Bouteloua gracilis Calamovilfa longifolia Equisetum Helianthus Panicum virgatum Sporobolus asper	— big bluestem sand bluestem blue grama prairie sandreed horsetail sunflower switchgrass —	— — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — —

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
strongly contrasting textural stratification	strongly coherent	50 - 165	- 115 -

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
mollic epipedon lithologic discontinuity lithologic discontinuity	0—29 50—165 165—200	—29— —115— —35—

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
1	—	—	847	—	180	559	—	140	9.4	—	—	10	—	—	—	—	NE6970	Purdum	—

A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; loamy sand; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N04759; moist when described; observed in pit, small

AC—10 to 29 centimeters (3.9 to 11.4 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loamy fine sand;—Error in Exists On—structure; soft, very friable; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N04760; dry when described; observed in pit, small

C1—29 to 50 centimeters (11.4 to 19.7 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; sand; single grain; loose, loose; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter granite fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N04761; moist when described; observed in pit, small

2C2—50 to 104 centimeters (19.7 to 40.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist; stratified stratified sand to very gravelly sand; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium prominent irregular and 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) coarse prominent irregular mottles; single grain; loose, loose; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; 40 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-10-20 millimeter granite fragments; 1 percent lamellae (lateral area percent); noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N04762; moist when described; observed in pit, small

2C3—104 to 165 centimeters (40.9 to 65.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; stratified stratified very gravelly sand to sand; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium prominent irregular and 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) coarse prominent irregular mottles; single grain; loose, loose; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 60 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-10-20 millimeter granite fragments; 2 to 8 percent lamellae (lateral area percent); noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N04763; moist when described; observed in pit, small

3C4—165 to 200 centimeters (65.0 to 78.7 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), moist; sand; single grain; loose, loose; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter granite fragments; 10 to 30 percent lamellae (lateral area percent); noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N04764; moist when described; observed in pit, small