IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alliance
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981NE007005
  • User Pedon ID: S1981NE007005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0432
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 52669
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 41.4485893
  • Std. Longitude: -103.8183289
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17N
  • Range: 56W
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 2000 feet west and 2300 feet south of the NE corner
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE007—Banner
  • MLRA: 67A—Central High Plains, Northern Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Gary L. McCoy
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alliance
  • Classificaton Date - 8/11/2004
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alliance
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Aridic Argiustoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/20/1981
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess and material weathered from soft, calcareous sandstone
  • Landscape: upland
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/20/1981 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    2

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P01952
    Bt1—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 10 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P01953. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 265646; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 265646
    Bt2—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; hard, friable; 10 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P01954. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 265647; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 265647
    BC—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P01955
    Ck1—61 to 69 centimeters (24.0 to 27.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; massive; soft, very friable; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P01956
    Ck2—69 to 112 centimeters (27.2 to 44.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; massive; soft, very friable; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P01957
    Cr—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); fragments.