IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Crofton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959NE051003
  • User Pedon ID: S1959NE051003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2246
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36393
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 42.3927765
  • Std. Longitude: -96.9569473
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28N
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 750 feet south and 600 feet east of northwest corner
  • Location Description: Northeast Nebraska Experiment Station.
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE051—Dixon
  • MLRA: 102B—Till Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE051—Dixon County, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J.V. Drew and J.A. Elder
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, calcareous, mesic Typic Ustorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Crofton
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Crofton
  • Classificaton Date - 6/26/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/26/1959 (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); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; weak very fine and fine granular structure; hard, friable; fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17635
    AC—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A17636
    C1—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and brown (10YR 5/3) crushed silty clay loam; 1 percent gray (10YR 5/1) medium faint mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; brown (10YR 5/3) and 10 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) iron stains; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17637
    C2—51 to 91 centimeters (20.1 to 35.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable; dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) and 30 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) iron stains; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17638
    C3—91 to 122 centimeters (35.8 to 48.0 inches); fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17639
    C4—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) silty clay loam; massive; soft, very friable; dark brown (10YR 3/3) and 30 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) iron stains; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 40A17640