IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ortello
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969NE003001
  • User Pedon ID: S1969NE003001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2156
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36311
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 42.3441620
  • Std. Longitude: -97.8536911
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 200 feet east and 350 feet north of the west quarter corner
  • Location Description: 3 miles west and 1/2 miles south of Plainview.
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE003—Antelope
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE003—Antelope County, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Charles Mahnke
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Udic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ortello
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/28/2015
  • Classifier - Jackson, Grant
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ortello
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Udic Haplustolls
  • Classificaton Date - 9/25/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy alluvium and/or eolian deposits
  • Landform: rolling sandy to silty upland slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/25/1969 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; fine sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17023
    A12—10 to 19 centimeters (3.9 to 7.5 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; fine sandy loam; weak very fine and fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17024
    A13—19 to 36 centimeters (7.5 to 14.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17025
    B21—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17026
    B22—53 to 82 centimeters (20.9 to 32.3 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; weak very fine and fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17027
    B3—82 to 101 centimeters (32.3 to 39.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; fine sandy loam; single grain; soft, very friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17028
    C1—101 to 124 centimeters (39.8 to 48.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loamy fine sand; single grain; soft, very friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17029
    C2—124 to 160 centimeters (48.8 to 63.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A17030