IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Atchison
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957NE105002
  • User Pedon ID: S1957NE105002
  • User Site Association ID: mlra72-benchmark lab pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2300
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36997
  • 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: 41.1517778
  • Std. Longitude: -103.4920556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14N
  • Range: 54W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 1,214 feet north and 100 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: About 6 miles south of Dix, Nebraska.
  • Map Unit: 1739—Rosebud-Canyon loams, 1 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE105—Kimball
  • MLRA: 67A—Central High Plains, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE105—Kimball County, Nebraska
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41103-B4—Dix, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ross D. Greenawalt and Bill McKinzie
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Haplustepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Atchison
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Haplustepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 94 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/21/2018
  • Classifier - Tom Cochran
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • QC Status: level 3
  • QA Status: level 3


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/7/1957 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 18
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    free carbonates

    paralithic contact

    0—15

    25—51

    51—58

    51—94

    94—114

    —15—

    —26—

    —8—

    —43—

    —20—
    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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    1442.3

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    0

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18037
    BA—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18038. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1609961; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1609961
    Bw—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18039. continuous - phpvsfiid 1609962; continuous - phpvsfiid 1609962
    Bk—51 to 58 centimeters (20.1 to 22.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18040. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1609963; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1609963
    C1—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist; silt loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 40A18041
    C2—76 to 94 centimeters (29.9 to 37.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; very friable; fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A18042
    Cr—94 to 114 centimeters (37.0 to 44.9 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; fragments. Lab sample # 40A18043