IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rosebud
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990NE029002
  • User Pedon ID: S1990NE029002
  • User Site Association ID: mlra72-benchmark lab pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0783
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62716
  • Print Date: 2/3/2025

    • 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: 40.5585139
  • Std. Longitude: -101.9857500
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7N
  • Range: 41W
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 2500 feet N and 600 feet E of the SW corner
  • Map Unit: 1725—Rosebud loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE029—Chase
  • MLRA: 72—Central High Tableland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE029—Chase County, Nebraska
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40101-E8—Lamar, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Hoover and L. Ragon.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rosebud
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 14 to 43 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2018
  • 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: unconsolidated sediments derived from calcareous sandstone
  • Landscape: upland
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 27
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

    moderately coherent

    113 - 203

    - 90 -

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    free carbonates

    secondary carbonates

    paralithic contact

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—28

    13—43

    27—293

    43—77

    113—203

    203—293

    —28—

    —30—

    —266—

    —34—

    —90—

    —90—
    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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    1072.6

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    315

    46

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; medium granular structure; soft, very friable; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P04582. many very fine and fine roots
    Bt1—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay loam; medium and coarse prismatic, and fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P04583. many very fine and fine roots
    Bt2—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; medium and coarse prismatic, and fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 15 percent prominent dark brown (10YR 3/3) organic stains on faces of peds and in pores; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P04584. few organic coats surface features on faces of peds and in pores; many very fine and fine roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1609947; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1609947
    Bk1—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loam; medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 15 percent prominent dark brown (10YR 3/3) organic stains on faces of peds and in pores; 11 percent carbonate concretions and 11 percent carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P04585. 20% of volume is disturbed by animal activities; common carbonate concretions concentrations; common soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few organic coats surface features on faces of peds and in pores; many very fine and fine roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1609948; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1609948
    Bk2—64 to 76 centimeters (25.2 to 29.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loam; coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P04586. 20% of its volume is disturbed by animal activity; by field calcimeter estimate—12% CaCO3 equivalent; many very fine and fine roots
    C/Cr—76 to 112 centimeters (29.9 to 44.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; extremely channery sandy loam; very hard, very firm; 5.5 very fine and fine roots around fragments; 60 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P04587. sampled for "soft rock" analysis; by field calcimeter estimate—39% CaCO3 equivalent; many very fine and fine roots matted around stones
    Cr1—112 to 157 centimeters (44.1 to 61.8 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist; extremely flaggy sandy loam; extremely firm*; 90 percent by volume 150-265-380 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P04588. sampled for "soft rock" analysis; by field calcimeter estimate—23% CaCO3 equivalent
    Cr2—157 to 203 centimeters (61.8 to 79.9 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist; extremely flaggy sandy loam; extremely firm*; 90 percent by volume 150-265-380 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P04589. by field calcimeter estimate—25% CaCO3 equivalent
    2C1—203 to 254 centimeters (79.9 to 100.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; gravelly loam; massive; hard, friable; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P04590
    2C2—254 to 292 centimeters (100.0 to 115.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; gravelly loam; massive; hard, friable; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 90P04591