IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Minatare
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1962NE157004
  • User Pedon ID: S1962NE157004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1962NE157004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5218
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42465
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 41.7588654
  • Std. Longitude: -103.3649826
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21N
  • Range: 52W
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 200 yards W and 200 feet N of SE corner
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE157—Scotts Bluff
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE157—Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Minatare
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/1962
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landscape: bottomland valley
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/11/1962 (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

    ALOPE

    BOGR2

    BROMU

    DISTI

    PASM

    SPAI

    Alopecurus

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Bromus

    Distichlis

    Pascopyrum smithii

    Sporobolus airoides

    foxtail

    blue grama

    brome

    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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    1151

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; loam; weak medium crumb structure; soft, friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39213
    A2—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1), light gray (10YR 7/1), dry; very fine sandy loam; weak fine platy structure; soft, friable; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39214
    B2—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39215
    B3—18 to 51 centimeters (7.1 to 20.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39216
    Cca1—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39217
    Cca2—66 to 84 centimeters (26.0 to 33.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky; fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39218
    Cg—84 to 102 centimeters (33.1 to 40.2 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; loamy coarse sand; massive; slightly hard, firm; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39219
    R—102 to 150 centimeters (40.2 to 59.1 inches); Error; fragments. Lab sample # 40A39220