IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sandose
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2005NE117009
  • User Pedon ID: S2005NE117009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2005NE117009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0825
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17818
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 41.4150848
  • Std. Longitude: -101.1612778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17N
  • Range: 33W
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 2100 feet north and 1000 feet west of southeast corner
  • Map Unit: 6590—Sandose loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE117—McPherson
  • MLRA: 65—Nebraska Sand Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE117—McPherson County, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A. PEREZ, R. HAMMER, C. MARKLEY, J. WILSON, J. IDRACH, S. SCHEINOST, J. WARNER, C. REMLEY
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy over loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sandose
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy over loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Argiustolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/30/2005
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian deposits
  • Landscape: sandhills
  • Landform: plain on interdune
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/30/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 11281-126
  • Plant Association Name: sandy range site
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    AMARA

    AMCU2

    BOGR2

    BRTE

    CALO

    DIOLS

    EUMA8

    PACA6

    SCSC

    SPCR

    Amaranthus

    Ambrosia cumanensis

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Bromus tectorum

    Calamovilfa longifolia

    Dichanthelium oligosanthes var. scribnerianum

    Euphorbia marginata

    Panicum capillare

    Schizachyrium scoparium

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    pigweed

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    blue grama

    cheatgrass

    prairie sandreed

    Scribner's rosette grass

    snow on the mountain

    witchgrass

    little bluestem

    sand dropseed

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—48

    94—147

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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

    1

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    976

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    225

    480

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    140

    9.5

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    10.6

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    NE3810

    Hershey 5 SSE

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, moist; loamy fine sand; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; 1 to 5 percent krotovinas (lateral area percent); noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N04361; observed in pit, small
    A—13 to 48 centimeters (5.1 to 18.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; loamy fine sand; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; 10 to 30 percent krotovinas (lateral area percent); noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N04362; observed in pit, small
    Bw—48 to 94 centimeters (18.9 to 37.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; loamy fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 7 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains on vertical faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N04363; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 326329; continuous - phpvsfiid 326329
    2Bt1—94 to 113 centimeters (37.0 to 44.5 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, moist; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on vertical faces of peds and 20 percent prominent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N04364; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 326330; continuous - phpvsfiid 326331; continuous - phpvsfiid 326330; continuous - phpvsfiid 326331
    2Bt2—113 to 147 centimeters (44.5 to 57.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) crushed, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) crushed, moist; very fine sandy loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct irregular mottles; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 5 percent distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, organic stains on vertical faces of peds and 10 percent distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N04365; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 326332; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 326333; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 326332; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 326333
    2BC—147 to 203 centimeters (57.9 to 79.9 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3) crushed, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) crushed, moist; very fine sandy loam; 5 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct irregular mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic structure; very hard, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 05N04366; observed in pit, small