IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cortland
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2002NE067001
  • User Pedon ID: S2002NE067001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 03N0357
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15699
  • Print Date: 11/27/2024

    • 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: 40.3345985
  • Std. Longitude: -96.7844162
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 1650 feet W and 450 feet S of NE corner
  • Location Description: NAD27 3 Miles east and 1 mile north of Hoag NE.
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE067—Gage
  • MLRA: 106—Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE067—Gage County, Nebraska
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40096-C7—Beatrice West, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mark Willoughby Patrick Cowsert Luis Hernandez
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cortland
  • PSC - 15 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/6/2010
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cortland
  • Classificaton Date - 10/22/2002
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy glaciofluvial deposits
  • Landscape: hills
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Glacial/fluvial Outwash formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/22/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 27B
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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

    argillic horizon

    15—102

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    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

    9

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    406

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    180

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) crushed, brown (7.5YR 4/3) crushed, dry; loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; 5.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N01866; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bt1—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) crushed, brown (7.5YR 5/4) crushed, dry; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 5.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine tubular pores; distinct clay films on all faces of peds and distinct pressure faces and dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) organic stains on surfaces along root channels; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N01867; observed in pit, large or quarry. patchy - phpvsfiid 244468; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 244469; patchy - phpvsfiid 244468; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 244469
    Bt2—38 to 71 centimeters (15.0 to 28.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) crushed, brown (7.5YR 5/4) crushed, dry; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 5.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine tubular pores; prominent clay films on vertical faces of peds and distinct pressure faces and dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) organic stains on surfaces along root channels; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N01868; observed in pit, large or quarry. continuous - phpvsfiid 244472; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 244471; continuous - phpvsfiid 244472; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 244471
    Bt3—71 to 102 centimeters (28.0 to 40.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) crushed, brown (7.5YR 5/4) crushed, dry; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 3.0 fine tubular pores; distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds and distinct pressure faces; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N01869; observed in pit, large or quarry. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 244474; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 244475; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 244474; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 244475
    BC—102 to 119 centimeters (40.2 to 46.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) crushed, brown (7.5YR 5/4) crushed, dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 4.0 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume rounded 2-?-10 millimeter granite fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N01870; observed in pit, large or quarry
    C1—119 to 127 centimeters (46.9 to 50.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, dry; clay loam; massive; very hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N01871; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2C1—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) crushed, dry; loamy fine sand; single grain; soft, loose; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent medium distinct irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N01872; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2C2—152 to 203 centimeters (59.8 to 79.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) crushed, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) crushed, dry; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose; 0.0 roots; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments. Lab sample # 03N01873; observed in pit, large or quarry