IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Holdrege
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1954NE137002
  • User Pedon ID: S1954NE137002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2261
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36958
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 40.4524994
  • Std. Longitude: -99.4336090
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 19W
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: 350 feet north and 250 feet east of southwest corner
  • Location Description: 1 mile north and 3 miles west of Holdrege, Nebraska. (North of school yard.)
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE137—Phelps
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE137—Phelps County, Nebraska
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40099-D4—Holdrege West, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B.H. Williams
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Holdrege
  • PSC - 7 to 34 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/30/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Holdrege
  • Classificaton Date - 4/4/1954
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/4/1954 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    A1p—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17751
    A12—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; strong fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 21.0 fine pores; 21 percent worm casts; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17752
    A3—33 to 41 centimeters (13.0 to 16.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; strong fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17753
    B21—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable; 21.0 roots; 21.0 fine and medium pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17754
    B22—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine and medium pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17755
    B3—76 to 86 centimeters (29.9 to 33.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam, silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine and medium pores; 1 percent brown (10YR 5/3) worm casts; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17756
    Bca—86 to 107 centimeters (33.9 to 42.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine and medium pores; 1 percent brown (10YR 5/3) worm casts; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17757
    Cca—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak very coarse prismatic structure; soft, very friable; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments. Lab sample # 40A17758