IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Loup
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977NE089003
  • User Pedon ID: S1977NE089003
  • User Site Association ID: Loup soils
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2132
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36287
  • Print Date: 4/19/2025

    • 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: 42.3299904
  • Std. Longitude: -98.8323364
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27N
  • Range: 13W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 2000 feet south and 4000 feet east of northwest corner
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE089—Holt
  • MLRA: 65—Nebraska Sand Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE089—Holt County, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Marvin Dixon, John Brubacher, Larry Ragon, Benny Brasher.
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Loup
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed Typic Haplaquolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/9/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/9/1977 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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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    A11—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A16874
    A12—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium and coarse angular blocky structure; soft, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A16875
    AC—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A16876
    C1—36 to 58 centimeters (14.2 to 22.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; fine sand; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; single grain; loose; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A16877
    C2—58 to 86 centimeters (22.8 to 33.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; fine sand; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; single grain; loose; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A16878
    C3—86 to 122 centimeters (33.9 to 48.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; fine sand; 21 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) medium and coarse prominent and 21 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) medium and coarse prominent mottles; single grain; loose; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A16879
    C4—122 to 145 centimeters (48.0 to 57.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; fine sand; 1 percent gray (10YR 6/1) fine faint mottles; single grain; loose; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A16880
    C5—145 to 183 centimeters (57.1 to 72.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; fine sandy loam; 21 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium prominent and 21 percent gray (7.5YR 5/1) medium prominent mottles; massive; soft, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A16881