IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kuma
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988NE069076
  • User Pedon ID: S1988NE069076
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0912
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61030
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 41.2768000
  • Std. Longitude: -102.5717449
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15N
  • Range: 46W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 1200 feet south and 75 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Map Unit: 1650—Kuma loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE069—Garden
  • MLRA: 72—Central High Tableland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE069—Garden County, Nebraska
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41102-C5—Lisco SE, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jay R. Wilson
  • 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: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 76
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kuma
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 43 to 93 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 - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • QC Status: level 3
  • QA Status: level 3


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landscape: tableland
  • Landform: plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/14/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 126
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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—94

    43—93

    61—152

    94—152

    94—152

    —94—

    —50—

    —91—

    —58—

    —58—
    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

    0.4

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    1189

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P04947. Highway lab.
    BA—18 to 43 centimeters (7.1 to 16.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P04948. Highway lab.
    Bt—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; clay films on surfaces along pores and clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P04949. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1462095; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1462096; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1462095; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1462096
    Btb—61 to 94 centimeters (24.0 to 37.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; clay films on surfaces along pores and clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P04950. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1462093; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1462094; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1462093; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1462094
    Btkb—94 to 112 centimeters (37.0 to 44.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; clay films on surfaces along pores and clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P04951. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1462091; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1462092; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1462091; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1462092
    Bkb—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; soft, very friable; carbonate coats on all faces of peds; threadlike carbonate masses between peds; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # 88P04952. Highway lab.