IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Crofton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955NE051002
  • User Pedon ID: S1955NE051002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2296
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36993
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 42.3172226
  • Std. Longitude: -96.9386139
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27N
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: .15 mile north and 175 feet east of west quarter corner
  • Location Description: About 100 feet upslope from site of profile S55NE-26-1.
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE051—Dixon
  • MLRA: 102B—Till Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE051—Dixon County, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B.H. Williams
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, calcareous, mesic Typic Ustorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Crofton
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nora
  • Classificaton Date - 7/7/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/7/1955 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18008. this layer consists mainly of B horizon material in which some organic matter has been incorporated through tillage
    B21ca—15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) and 1 percent gray (10YR 5/1) fine faint mottles; weak and moderate medium prismatic, and weak medium and coarse angular blocky structure; 3.0 roots; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18009
    B22ca—36 to 58 centimeters (14.2 to 22.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; silty clay loam; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 3 percent gray (10YR 5/1) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic, and fine and medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 roots; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A18010
    B23ca—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; silt loam; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) and 21 percent gray (10YR 5/1) fine and medium prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A18011
    Cca—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; silt loam; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 3 percent gray (10YR 5/1) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable; 3 percent medium dark brown (10YR 3/3) iron-manganese concretions; black (10YR 2/1); fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 40A18012
    C—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), dry; silt loam; strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) prominent and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine and medium faint mottles; massive; soft, friable; 3.0 pores; fragments. Lab sample # 40A18013