IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Crofton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000NE173001
  • User Pedon ID: S2000NE173001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P1256
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12752
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 42.2368889
  • Std. Longitude: -96.6283035
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 650 feet north and 100 feet east of the southwest corner
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE173—Thurston
  • MLRA: 102B—Till Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE173—Thurston County, Nebraska
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42096-B5—Pender NE, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: PTC
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, calcareous, mesic Typic Ustorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Crofton
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, calcareous, mesic Typic Ustorthents
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/22/2000
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/22/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 3
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak very fine and fine granular structure; soft, friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 1 percent fine and medium carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P07330
    AC—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 21.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 3 percent fine carbonate threads and 3 percent medium carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P07331
    C1—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 3 percent medium reddish brown (5YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent fine carbonate threads and 3 percent medium carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P07332. the iron accumulations are relic redoximorphic features.
    C2—51 to 89 centimeters (20.1 to 35.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 3 percent fine reddish brown (5YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent fine and medium carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P07333. the iron accumulations are relic redoximorphic features.
    C3—89 to 152 centimeters (35.0 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 3 percent coarse gray (10YR 6/1) iron depletions and 3 percent medium light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent fine and medium carbonate masses and 10 percent fine and medium carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P07334. the iron accumulations and depletions are relic redoximorphic features.
    C4—152 to 203 centimeters (59.8 to 79.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 3 percent coarse gray (10YR 6/1) iron depletions and 3 percent medium light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent fine and medium carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 00P07335. the iron accumulations and depletions are relic redoximorphic features.