IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ipage
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2006NE117020
  • User Pedon ID: S2006NE117020
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2006NE117020
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0091
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18313
  • 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: 41.5509491
  • Std. Longitude: -101.0850296
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18N
  • Range: 33W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 930 feet south and 1650 feet west of northeast corner
  • Map Unit: 3927—Ipage 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
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41101-E1—Schneringer Valley, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. HAMMER
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Oxyaquic Ustipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 20
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ipage
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Oxyaquic Ustipsamments
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/25/2006
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - oxyaquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/25/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 1289-14
  • Plant Association Name: sandy lowland 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

    AMCU2

    BOGR2

    CALO

    CAREX

    ERSP

    SCSC

    SPCR

    Ambrosia cumanensis

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Calamovilfa longifolia

    Carex

    Eragrostis spectabilis

    Schizachyrium scoparium

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

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    blue grama

    prairie sandreed

    sedge

    purple lovegrass

    little bluestem

    sand dropseed

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

    ochric epipedon

    aquic conditions

    0—20

    102—203

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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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    1000

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    457

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    135

    9.3

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    10.4

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    NE0365

    Arthur

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loamy fine sand; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; rapid permeability; 8.0 very fine roots throughout and 6.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00576; moist when described; observed in shovel slice
    A2—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; rapid permeability; 8.0 very fine roots throughout and 6.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00577; moist when described; observed in shovel slice
    AC—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loamy fine sand; weak coarse prismatic structure; loose, loose; rapid permeability; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00578; moist when described; observed in shovel slice
    C1—38 to 66 centimeters (15.0 to 26.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose; rapid permeability; 2.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.; dry when described; observed in shovel slice
    C2—66 to 102 centimeters (26.0 to 40.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose; rapid permeability; 2.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary.; dry when described; observed in shovel slice
    Cg1—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose; rapid permeability; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Cg2—152 to 173 centimeters (59.8 to 68.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; loamy fine sand; massive; soft, very friable; rapid permeability; 5 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Cg3—173 to 203 centimeters (68.1 to 79.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose; rapid permeability; 5 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 5 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent.; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket