IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mitchell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1953NE157002
  • User Pedon ID: S1953NE157002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2287
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36984
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 41.8661118
  • Std. Longitude: -103.7455521
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 55W
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: Near center
  • Location Description: North of Highway 86, 1/2 mile west of turn off to Scottsbluff National Monument.
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE157—Scotts Bluff
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE157—Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41103-G6—Scottsbluff South, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John Elder
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mitchell
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1953
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1953 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Setting and Climate
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    A1p—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak very fine and fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17942
    B2—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak coarse angular blocky parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A17943
    B3—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 roots; 21.0 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A17944
    C1—43 to 71 centimeters (16.9 to 28.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak very fine and fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; soft, friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; violent effervescence; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17945
    C2—71 to 107 centimeters (28.0 to 42.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and weak very fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17946
    C3—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak very fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; soft, friable; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 40A17947