IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Belfore
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955NE039001
  • User Pedon ID: S1955NE039001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2229
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36376
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 41.9599991
  • Std. Longitude: -96.6483307
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: .2 mile east and 100 feet north of southwest corner
  • Location Description: 8 miles north and 3 miles east of West Point, Nebraska; 8 miles east and 3 miles north of Beemer, Nebraska.
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE039—Cuming
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE039—Cuming County, Nebraska
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41096-H6—West Point NW, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B.H. Williams
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Udic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Belfore
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2015
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Belfore
  • Classificaton Date - 7/7/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 3


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/7/1955 (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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    A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A17508
    A—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate coarse granular, and very fine angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17509
    Bt1—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate very fine and fine angular blocky structure; hard, firm; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17510
    Bt2—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm; 3.0 roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17511
    Bw—64 to 99 centimeters (25.2 to 39.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; gray (10YR 5/1) and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine faint mottles; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.5 roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17512
    BC—99 to 122 centimeters (39.0 to 48.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist; silty clay loam; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 1 percent gray (10YR 5/1) fine faint mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard, friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17513
    C1—122 to 140 centimeters (48.0 to 55.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist; silty clay loam; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 1 percent gray (10YR 5/1) fine faint mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 roots; fine dark brown (10YR 3/3) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A17514
    C2—140 to 152 centimeters (55.1 to 59.8 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist; silty clay loam; dark brown (10YR 3/3) and black (10YR 2/1) and 3 percent gray (10YR 5/1) fine distinct mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable; fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A17515
    C3—152 to 178 centimeters (59.8 to 70.1 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), moist; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, friable; 21 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A17516
    C4—178 to 198 centimeters (70.1 to 78.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) and reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam, silty clay loam; massive; soft, friable; 21 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) iron-manganese concretions; fragments. Lab sample # 40A17517. intense very coarse mottling or marbling of the silt loam or silty clay loam