IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kuma

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1985NE101020

User Pedon ID: S1985NE101020

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 85P0840

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57106

Print Date: 4/24/2025

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: 41.1533583

Std. Longitude: -101.9300389

Datum: WGS84

Township: 14N

Range: 40W

Section: 29

PLSS Details: 2300 feet east and 1700 feet north of the southwest corner

Location Description: 2 mi W and 4 mi N of Brule.

Map Unit: 1650—Kuma loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes

State: Nebraska

County: NE101—Keith

MLRA: 72—Central High Tableland

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE101—Keith County, Nebraska

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41101-B8—Brule NW, Nebraska

PEDON

Describers Name: JR Culver, LG Ragon, NP Helzer, SA Scheinost

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Argiustolls

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: TUD pedon

Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data

Pedon #: 20

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Kuma

Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Argiustolls

Taxon Kind - series

PSC - 13 to 63 cm.

Classificaton Date - 2/9/2016

Classifier - Tom Cochran

Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition

Moisture Class - ustic

Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 1

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

QC Status: level 3

QA Status: level 3

SITE

Parent Material: loess derived from mixed-calcareous

Landscape: tableland

Landform: plain

Slope Shape Down: linear

Runoff: very low

Drainage Class: well

Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 8/1/1985 (actual site observation date)

Air Photo ID: 48

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
mollic epipedon argillic horizon lithologic discontinuity free carbonates secondary carbonates	0—61 13—75 30—170 61—170 75—91	—61— —62— —140— —109— —16—

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
1	—	—	1118	—	90	48	—	—	10	—	—	5	—	—	—	—	—	256200	—

Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed, moist; loam; 20 percent sand; 56 percent silt; 24 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; common fine roots throughout; common fine discontinuous tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04520; moist when described;. (11-13 cm is weak fine platy structure)

Bt1—13 to 21 centimeters (5.1 to 8.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; loam; 18 percent sand; 54 percent silt; 28 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; common fine roots throughout; common fine discontinuous tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04521; moist when described;

Bt2—21 to 30 centimeters (8.3 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; clay loam; 18 percent sand; 53 percent silt; 29 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; common fine roots throughout; common fine discontinuous tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04522; moist when described;

Btb1—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, black (10YR 2/1) interior, moist; clay loam; 18 percent sand; 52 percent silt; 30 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate and strong medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; common fine roots throughout; common fine discontinuous tubular pores; 55 percent faint black (10YR 2/1) organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04523; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 1462097; continuous - phpvsfiid 1462097

Btb2—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, moist; loam; 18 percent sand; 56 percent silt; 26 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic, and weak and moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; common fine roots throughout; common fine discontinuous tubular pores; 55 percent faint very dark brown (10YR 2/2) organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04524; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 1462098; continuous - phpvsfiid 1462098

Btb3—61 to 75 centimeters (24.0 to 29.5 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; silt loam; 20 percent sand; 56 percent silt; 24 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; few fine roots throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04525; dry when described;. 25% cicada casts; effervescence is discontinuous

Bkb—75 to 91 centimeters (29.5 to 35.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, moist; silt loam; 20 percent sand; 57 percent silt; 23 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; few fine roots throughout; fine threadlike carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P04526; dry when described;. 20% cicada casts; effervescence is continuous

Cb1—91 to 125 centimeters (35.8 to 49.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, moist; silt loam; 25 percent sand; 53 percent silt; 22 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; soft, very friable; few fine roots throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P04527; dry when described;. effervescence is continuous

Cb2—125 to 170 centimeters (49.2 to 66.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) crushed, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, moist; loam; 30 percent sand; 50 percent silt; 20 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable; few fine roots throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 85P04528; moist when described;. effervescence is continuous