IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nenzel
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2009NE171016
  • User Pedon ID: S09NE171016
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2009NE171016
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N1179
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 25106
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 42.0278854
  • Std. Longitude: -100.7494202
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24N
  • Range: 30W
  • Section: 25
  • 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: 42100-B6—Duck Lake, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Roger Hammer, Howard Main, John Warner, Steve Scheinost, Cleveland Watts
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, calcareous, mesic Fluvaquentic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 16
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nenzel
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, calcareous, mesic Fluvaquentic Haplustolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/23/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - oxyaquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian sands over sandy alluvium
  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/23/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 11285-164
  • 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

    BOUTE

    CALO

    EQUIS

    ERSP

    HELIA3

    PAVI2

    SPAS

    Ambrosia cumanensis

    Andropogon gerardii

    Andropogon hallii

    Bouteloua

    Calamovilfa longifolia

    Equisetum

    Eragrostis spectabilis

    Helianthus

    Panicum virgatum

    Sporobolus asper

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    big bluestem

    sand bluestem

    grama

    prairie sandreed

    horsetail

    purple lovegrass

    sunflower

    switchgrass

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

    mollic epipedon

    lithologic discontinuity

    aquic conditions

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—48

    34—45

    87—200

    185—200

    —48—

    —11—

    —107—

    —11—
    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

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    897

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    180

    553

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    139

    9.4

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    9.5

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    NE5702

    Mullen 21 NW

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    A1—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loamy fine sand; weak medium granular, and weak 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; 10 to 20 percent krotovinas (volume percent); noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N04765; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A2—12 to 48 centimeters (4.7 to 18.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 6.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 6.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; 5 to 10 percent krotovinas (volume percent); noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N04766; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    C1—48 to 87 centimeters (18.9 to 34.3 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose; 6.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 6.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; 10 to 20 percent krotovinas (volume percent); slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N04767; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    2C2—87 to 115 centimeters (34.3 to 45.3 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; 1 to 10 percent krotovinas (volume percent); slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N04768; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2Cg1—115 to 150 centimeters (45.3 to 59.1 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist; sand; single grain; loose, loose; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries throughout and 15 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; 1 to 10 percent krotovinas (volume percent); noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N04769; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2Cg2—150 to 185 centimeters (59.1 to 72.8 inches); 80 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 20 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), 80 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and 20 percent very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist; stratified stratified loamy fine sand to fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries throughout and 20 percent coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N04770; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    3Ab—185 to 200 centimeters (72.8 to 78.7 inches);, black (2.5Y 2.5/1), moist; muck; massive; soft, very friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 09N04771; moist when described; observed in pit, small