IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nenzel

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2006NE117021

User Pedon ID: S2006NE117021

Vegetation Plot ID: S2006NE117021

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 06N1089

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18545

Print Date: 11/23/2024

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: 41.5675735

Std. Longitude: -101.1076279

Datum: WGS84

Township: 18N

Range: 33W

Section: 3

PLSS Details: 17 feet south and 2466 feet west of the northeast corner

Map Unit: 4712—Nenzel 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: A. PEREZ, R. HAMMER, J. WARNER, D. VYAIN, S. SCHEINOST, & C. MARKLEY

Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Oxyaquic Haplustolls

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon #: 21

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Nenzel

Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Oxyaquic Haplustolls

PSC - 25 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 9/18/2006

Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition

Moisture Class - aquic

Moisture SUBClass - oxyaquic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: eolian sands

Landscape: sandhills

Landform: flat on interdune

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: concave

Runoff: negligible

Drainage Class: moderately well

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
Ecological Site ID	Ecological Site Name	Correlation Data	Classifier
R065XY029NE	Sandy Lowland

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 9/18/2006 (actual site observation date)

Air Photo ID: 11289-12

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
2FP 2GP AMPS ANHA BOGR2 CALO CAREX CRTE4 HECOC8 LYJU PAVI2 SCSC SPCR	— — Ambrosia psilostachya Andropogon hallii Bouteloua gracilis Calamovilfa longifolia Carex Croton texensis Hesperostipa comata ssp. comata Lygodesmia juncea Panicum virgatum Schizachyrium scoparium Sporobolus cryptandrus	Forb, perennial Grass, perennial Cuman ragweed sand bluestem blue grama prairie sandreed sedge Texas croton needle and thread rush skeletonplant switchgrass little bluestem sand dropseed	— — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
mollic epipedon aquic conditions	0—20 92—203	—- —-

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	—	—	1006	—		457	—	135	9.3	—	—	10.4	—	—	—	—	NE0365	Arthur	—

A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loamy fine sand; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; rapid permeability; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 6.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N04679; moist when described; observed in pit, small

A2—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; loamy fine sand; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; rapid permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N04680; moist when described; observed in pit, small

A3—20 to 35 centimeters (7.9 to 13.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; rapid permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N04681; moist when described; observed in pit, small

AC1—35 to 62 centimeters (13.8 to 24.4 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loamy fine sand; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; rapid permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N04682; moist when described; observed in pit, small

AC2—62 to 73 centimeters (24.4 to 28.7 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; loamy fine sand; weak very coarse prismatic structure; soft, very friable; rapid permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N04683; dry when described; observed in pit, small

C—73 to 92 centimeters (28.7 to 36.2 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), moist; loamy fine sand; weak very coarse prismatic structure; soft, very friable; rapid permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine prominent irregular strongly coherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry, carbonate concretions with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N04684; dry when described; observed in pit, small

Cg1—92 to 122 centimeters (36.2 to 48.0 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist; loamy fine sand; weak very coarse prismatic structure; soft, very friable; rapid permeability; 2 percent medium prominent cylindrical noncoherent cemented brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on surfaces along root channels and 3 percent fine prominent cylindrical noncoherent cemented brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on surfaces along root channels; 3 percent fine prominent irregular strongly coherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry, carbonate concretions with sharp boundaries in matrix and 2 percent medium prominent irregular strongly coherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry, carbonate concretions with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; 5 percent lamellae (lateral area percent); strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N04685; dry when described; observed in pit, small

Cg2—122 to 176 centimeters (48.0 to 69.3 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose; rapid permeability; 7 percent medium prominent cylindrical noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on surfaces along root channels and 8 percent fine prominent cylindrical noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on surfaces along root channels; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N04686; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Cg3—176 to 203 centimeters (69.3 to 79.9 inches); light gray (5Y 7/2), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose; rapid permeability; 7 percent medium prominent cylindrical noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on surfaces along root channels and 8 percent fine prominent cylindrical noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on surfaces along root channels; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 06N04687; moist when described; observed in pit, small