IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): JAYEM
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979NE123006
  • User Pedon ID: S1979NE123006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1979NE123006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79P0262
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46995
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024

    • 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: 41.7563667
  • Std. Longitude: -102.8077393
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21N
  • Range: 47W
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 500 feet S and 700 feet E of the NE corner of NW 1/4m
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE123—Morrill
  • MLRA: 65—Nebraska Sand Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE123—Morrill County, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Norman P. Helzer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed Aridic Argiustolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - JAYEM
  • PSC - 20 to 61 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/2/2003
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Julesburg
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Aridic Argiustoll
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • Classificaton Date - 6/18/1979
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian material
  • Landform: hummock
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/18/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    ARFI2

    BOGR2

    CAFI

    HECOC8

    OPHU

    PASM

    Artemisia filifolia

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Carex filifolia

    Hesperostipa comata ssp. comata

    Opuntia humifusa

    Pascopyrum smithii

    sand sagebrush

    blue grama

    threadleaf sedge

    needle and thread

    devil's-tongue

    western wheatgrass

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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

    2

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    1280

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    180

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01386
    B1—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01387
    B2t—20 to 51 centimeters (7.9 to 20.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; fine sandy loam; dark brown (10YR 3/3) mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01388
    B3—51 to 61 centimeters (20.1 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01389
    C—61 to 152 centimeters (24.0 to 59.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red. Lab sample # 79P01390