IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Minatare
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1962NE157003
  • User Pedon ID: S1962NE157003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1962NE157003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5217
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42464
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 41.7619209
  • Std. Longitude: -103.3838730
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21N
  • Range: 52W
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 0.29 mile N and 300 feet W of SE corner
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE157—Scotts Bluff
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE157—Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Minatare
  • Classificaton Date - 7/12/1962
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/12/1962 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    DISP

    PASM

    SPAI

    Distichlis spicata

    Pascopyrum smithii

    Sporobolus airoides

    saltgrass

    western wheatgrass

    alkali sacaton

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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

    1

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    1152

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    A1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; loam; weak fine crumb structure; soft, friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39204
    A2—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), light gray (10YR 7/1), dry; very fine sandy loam; weak fine platy structure; soft, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39205
    B21—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic, and strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39206
    B22—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic structure; very hard, very firm; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39207
    B3—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39208
    Cac1—46 to 69 centimeters (18.1 to 27.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39209
    Cac2—69 to 86 centimeters (27.2 to 33.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39210
    Cg—86 to 102 centimeters (33.9 to 40.2 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2), light gray (5Y 7/2), dry; loamy sand; massive; hard, friable; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39211
    R—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); gravelly sand; single grain; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A39212