IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wood River
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976NE121121
  • User Pedon ID: S1976NE121121
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2205
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36357
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 41.0319481
  • Std. Longitude: -98.1895294
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 600 feet W and 100 feet n of SE corner
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE121—Merrick
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE121—Merrick County, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Robert Pollock and Isaac Knapton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, montmorillonitic, mesic Typic Natrustolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 121
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wood River
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, montmorillonitic, mesic Typic Natrustolls
  • PSC - 15 to 33 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1976
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1976 (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
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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17339
    A2—10 to 15 centimeters (3.9 to 5.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; silt loam; weak fine platy parts to weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, phenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17340
    B2—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silty clay loam; strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.5, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17341
    C1—33 to 97 centimeters (13.0 to 38.2 inches); olive (5Y 5/3), pale olive (5Y 6/3), moist; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.5, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17342
    C2—97 to 152 centimeters (38.2 to 59.8 inches); olive (5Y 5/4), pale olive (5Y 6/4), moist; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; slight effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.5, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A17343