IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): OTERO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978NE123012
  • User Pedon ID: S1978NE123012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79P0070
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46254
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 41.6996994
  • Std. Longitude: -103.0638580
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20N
  • Range: 50W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 900 feet W and 200 feet N of SE corner
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE123—Morrill
  • MLRA: 67A—Central High Plains, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE123—Morrill County, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: N.P. Helzer, J.C. Loerch
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed Ustic Torriorthents
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - OTERO
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/2/2003
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Otero
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed (calcareous), mesic Ustic Torr
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/16/1978
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvial-colluvial sediments
  • Landscape: upland
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/16/1978 (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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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; very fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0, phenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P00349
    Ac—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; very fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P00350
    C1—41 to 84 centimeters (16.1 to 33.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; massive; friable; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P00351
    C2—84 to 142 centimeters (33.1 to 55.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; very fine sandy loam; massive; friable; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P00352
    C3—142 to 152 centimeters (55.9 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; massive; friable; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, phenol red. Lab sample # 79P00353