IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bayard
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961NE157004
  • User Pedon ID: S1961NE157004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1961NE157004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2057
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36215
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 41.7221985
  • Std. Longitude: -103.8716660
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20N
  • Range: 57W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: .33 mile south and .04 mile west of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: Across Wildcat Ridge on edge of valley south of S61NE-79-3
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE157—Scotts Bluff
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE157—Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Torriorthentic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bayard
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Torriorthentic Haplustolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/12/2016
  • Classifier - T. White
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1961 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BOGR2

    CAFI

    PASM

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Carex filifolia

    Pascopyrum smithii

    blue grama

    threadleaf sedge

    western wheatgrass

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    free carbonates

    0—25

    46—168

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    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

    4

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    A—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loamy very fine sand; 78 percent sand; 14 percent silt; 8 percent clay; weak medium and coarse granular structure; soft, very friable; 6.0 very fine and fine roots and 4.0 medium roots; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A16366
    AB—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loamy very fine sand; 80 percent sand; 13 percent silt; 6 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; soft, very friable; 6.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A16367
    Bk1—46 to 79 centimeters (18.1 to 31.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loamy very fine sand; 80 percent sand; 14 percent silt; 6 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable; 5.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A16368
    Bk2—79 to 102 centimeters (31.1 to 40.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loamy very fine sand; 82 percent sand; 12 percent silt; 6 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable; 5.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A16369
    Bk3—102 to 137 centimeters (40.2 to 53.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; very fine sandy loam; 71 percent sand; 23 percent silt; 6 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable; 2.0 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A16370
    Bk4—137 to 168 centimeters (53.9 to 66.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; loamy very fine sand; 78 percent sand; 16 percent silt; 6 percent clay; single grain; loose, very friable; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 40A16371