IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): KUMA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974NE029001
  • User Pedon ID: S1974NE029001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2126
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36281
  • Print Date: 4/24/2025

    • 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: 40.5830498
  • Std. Longitude: -102.0510406
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7N
  • Range: 42W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 600 feet north and 130 feet east of the SW corner
  • Map Unit: Ku—Kuma silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE029—Chase
  • MLRA: 72—Central High Tableland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE029—Chase County, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Harry Paden
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - KUMA
  • PSC - 20 to 53 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/14/2005
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kuma
  • Classificaton Date - 6/16/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landform: upland plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Ogallala formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/16/1974 (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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    1082

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    90

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A16839
    Bt21—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A16840
    Btb22—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A16841
    B3—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic structure; soft, very friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A16842
    Cac—69 to 102 centimeters (27.2 to 40.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic structure; soft, very friable; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A16843
    2Cr—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # 40A16844