IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Loretto
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977NE121127
  • User Pedon ID: S1977NE121127
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1977NE121127
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2130
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36285
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 41.1597252
  • Std. Longitude: -98.2692566
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14N
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 900 feet S and 100 feet W of NE corner
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE121—Merrick
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE121—Merrick County, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Don Yost
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 127
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Loretto
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Cumulic Haplustolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/6/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian sand over loess
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/6/1977 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    ZEMA

    Zea mays

    corn

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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

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; sandy loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A16860
    A12—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; sandy loam; weak coarse blocky structure; soft, very friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A16861
    C1—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; loamy fine sand; weak coarse blocky structure; soft, very friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A16862
    2A1B—53 to 61 centimeters (20.9 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A16863
    2C2—61 to 86 centimeters (24.0 to 33.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A16864
    2C3—86 to 112 centimeters (33.9 to 44.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A16865
    2C4—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine faint mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A16866