IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Crowther

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2006NE117022

User Pedon ID: S2006NE117022

Vegetation Plot ID: S2006NE117022

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 06N1090

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18546

Print Date: 2/2/2025

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: 41.6637268

Std. Longitude: -101.3163147

Datum: WGS84

Township: 20N

Range: 35W

Section: 34

PLSS Details: 2295 feet south and 1873 feet west of the northeast corner

Map Unit: 4455—Crowther loam, 0 to 1 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-F3—Whitewater Lake, Nebraska

PEDON

Describers Name: A. PEREZ, D. VYAIN, J. WARNER, R. HAMMER, J. WILSON & S. SCHEINOST

Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Calciaquolls

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon #: 22

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Crowther

Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Calciaquolls

PSC - 25 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 9/19/2006

Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition

Moisture Class - aquic

Moisture SUBClass - aquic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: eolian deposits

Landscape: sandhills

Landform: swale on interdune

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: linear

Runoff: negligible

Drainage Class: poorly

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 9/19/2006 (actual site observation date)

Air Photo ID: 333-20

Plant Association Name: wet subirrigated 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
AGROP2 AMCU2 ANGE ASTER CAREX DISP EQUIS JUBA PAVI2 SONU2 SPAI	Agropyron Ambrosia cumanensis Andropogon gerardii Aster Carex Distichlis spicata Equisetum Juncus balticus Panicum virgatum Sorghastrum nutans Sporobolus airoides	wheatgrass — big bluestem aster sedge saltgrass horsetail Baltic rush switchgrass Indiangrass alkali sacaton	— — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
mollic epipedon calcic horizon aquic conditions	0—30 4—66 30—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
0.5	—	—	1050	—		457	—	135	9.3	—	—	10.4	—	—	—	—	NE0365	Arthur	—

Oe—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) broken face, brown (7.5YR 4/3) broken face, dry; mucky peat; soft, very friable; moderately rapid permeability; 15.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 medium roots throughout and 15.0 fine roots throughout; carbonate, finely disseminated in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Ak1—4 to 21 centimeters (1.6 to 8.3 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) broken face, dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face, dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; moderately rapid permeability; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 medium roots throughout and 7.0 fine roots throughout; carbonate, finely disseminated in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N04688; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Ak2—21 to 30 centimeters (8.3 to 11.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) broken face, dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face, dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; moderately rapid permeability; 7.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; carbonate, finely disseminated in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N04689; moist when described; observed in pit, small

ACk1—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face, gray (10YR 5/1) broken face, dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; moderately rapid permeability; 7.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent fine prominent cylindrical noncoherent cemented brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on surfaces along root channels; carbonate, finely disseminated in matrix and 2 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, shell fragments with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; 2 percent krotovinas (volume percent); 10 percent krotovinas (lateral area percent); violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N04690; moist when described; observed in pit, small

ACk2—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) broken face, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face, dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; moderately rapid permeability; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 medium roots throughout and 7.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent fine prominent cylindrical noncoherent cemented brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on surfaces along root channels; carbonate, finely disseminated in matrix and 2 percent fine distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented shell fragments with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N04691; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Cg1—66 to 82 centimeters (26.0 to 32.3 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face, light gray (2.5Y 7/2) broken face, dry; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose; rapid permeability; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent fine prominent cylindrical noncoherent cemented light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on surfaces along root channels; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N04692; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Cg2—82 to 102 centimeters (32.3 to 40.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face, dry; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose; rapid permeability; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; 15 percent fine prominent cylindrical noncoherent cemented light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on surfaces along root channels; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N04693; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Cg3—102 to 141 centimeters (40.2 to 55.5 inches); variegated 60 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) broken face and 40 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face, 60 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face and 40 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face, dry; stratified stratified fine sand to loamy fine sand; single grain; loose, loose; rapid permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 15 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on surfaces along root channels; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N04694; very moist when described; observed in pit, small

2AB—141 to 203 centimeters (55.5 to 79.9 inches); variegated 80 percent black (2.5Y 2.5/1) broken face and 20 percent gray (2.5Y 5/1) broken face, 80 percent dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) broken face and 20 percent gray (2.5Y 6/1) broken face, dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; moderately rapid permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on surfaces along root channels; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 06N04695; wet when described; observed in pit, small