IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Silver Creek
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000NE079002
  • User Pedon ID: S2000NE079002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01P0130
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12989
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 40.9761162
  • Std. Longitude: -98.3420334
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 560 feet north and 620 feet west of the southeast corner
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE079—Hall
  • MLRA: 71—Central Nebraska Loess Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE079—Hall County, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Richard R. Zink
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Silver Creek
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic Aquic Haplustalfs
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/2000
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/2000 (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
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    AE—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); gray (10YR 5/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1) crushed, moist; silt loam; weak thin platy parts to moderate very fine and fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. many very fine and fine roots throughout (massing on horizontal structure planes in lower part).
    E—4 to 8 centimeters (1.6 to 3.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1) crushed, moist; silt loam; weak thin platy parts to weak fine granular structure; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. many very fine and fine roots massing on horizontal structure planes.
    Bt1—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; strong medium columnar parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. thin coatings of gray silt loam on tops and upper-sides of columns, dark gray coatings on lower sides of columns and ped faces.
    Btk2—18 to 31 centimeters (7.1 to 12.2 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1) crushed, moist; silty clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. dark gray, semi-shiny coatings on sides of prisms and on ped faces; few (about 2 percent of matrix) soft tubular (vertically oriented) carbonate masses (10 to 15mm) surrounding hard concretions (5 to 10mm); violently effervescent in masses and concretions; slightly effervescent in matrix.
    Btnk3—31 to 45 centimeters (12.2 to 17.7 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, moist; silty clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01P00885. common thin dark gray coatings on vertical faces of prisms; common (about 5 to 10 percent of matrix) soft tubular (vertically oriented) masses of carbonate (1 cm to 3 cm) between ped surfaces, common hard concretions (5 to 10mm) within carbonate masses; violently effervescent in masses and concentrations and concretions; slightly effervescent in matrix.
    Btnk4—45 to 79 centimeters (17.7 to 31.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, moist; silty clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01P00886. common (about 15 to 20 percent of matrix) soft tubular (vertically oriented) masses of carbonate (1cm to 3cm) between ped surfaces, common hard carbonate concretions (5 to 10mm) within carbonate masses; violently effervescent in masses and concretions; slightly effervescent in matrix.
    Btnk5—79 to 96 centimeters (31.1 to 37.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01P00887. common (about 25 to 40 percent of matrix) soft tubular (vertically oriented) masses of carbonate (1cm to 3cm) between ped surfaces, common hard carbonate concretions (5 to 10mm) within carbonate masses; violently effervescent in masses and concretions; slightly effervescent in matrix.
    Akb—96 to 120 centimeters (37.8 to 47.2 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) crushed, moist; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01P00888. few to common (5mm average) prominent (7.5YR 3/1, 7.5YR 3/2 moist) slightly hard FeMn or Mn concretions; common fine distinct (10YR 5/6 moist) iron concentrations along root channels and surrounding FeMn concretions; common (about 10 to 15 percent of matrix) masses of carbonate (4 to 20mm) surrounding rounded to fibrous hard carbonate concretions (2 to 15mm); strongly effervescent in masses and concretions; slightly effervescent in matrix.
    Bkb—120 to 165 centimeters (47.2 to 65.0 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1), gray (2.5Y 5/1) crushed, moist; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01P00889. few to common (5mm average) prominent (7.5YR 3/1,2 moist) slightly hard FeMn or Mn concretions; common fine and medium distinct (10YR 5/6,8 moist) iron concentrations along root channels and surrounding FeMn concretions; common (about 50 percent of matrix) soft to slightly hard masses of carbonate (1 to 5mm) throughout matrix; strongly effervescent in masses.
    Ab—165 to 198 centimeters (65.0 to 78.0 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) crushed, moist; clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. few fine and medium prominent (5Y 7/2,3 moist) concentrations of unknown composition; common fine and medium prominent (10YR 4/6 moist) iron concentrations (some along root channels).
    Cg1—198 to 208 centimeters (78.0 to 81.9 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2), olive gray (5Y 5/2) crushed, moist; very fine sandy loam; massive; hard when dry, firm; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. thin to thick strata of gray silt loam throughout; common fine and medium prominent (7.5YR 3/3 moist) hard and fibrous FeMn concretions; few medium distinct (5Y 7/2,3 moist) concentrations of unknown composition; common fine and medium distinct (10YR 4/6 moist) and (2.5Y 5/6 moist) iron concentrations surrounding the FeMn concretions; common medium distinct (2.5Y 6/1 moist) iron depletions surrounding the iron concentrations.
    Cg2—208 to 269 centimeters (81.9 to 105.9 inches); light gray (5Y 7/2), light olive gray (5Y 6/2) crushed, moist; loamy sand; single grain; loose, loose; 3 percent fine and medium yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) iron concretions and 3 percent medium and coarse olive (5Y 5/4) iron concretions; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Cg2—269 to 380 centimeters (105.9 to 149.6 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) crushed, moist; coarse sand; single grain; loose, loose; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog.