IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hoffland
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2006NE117023
  • User Pedon ID: S2006NE117023
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2006NE117023
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 06N1091
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18547
  • Print Date: 4/29/2025

    • 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: 41.6625710
  • Std. Longitude: -101.3405609
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20N
  • Range: 35W
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 2499 feet north and 2178 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Map Unit: 2710—Els calcareous - Hoffland complex, 0 to 2 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: R. HAMMER, A. PEREZ, J. WARNER, D. VYAIN, JAY & S. SCHEINOST
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Mollic Endoaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 23
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hoffland
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Mollic Endoaquepts
  • 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: concave
  • 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

    CAREX

    DISP

    HOJU

    JUBA

    PAVI2

    Agropyron

    Ambrosia cumanensis

    Carex

    Distichlis spicata

    Hordeum jubatum

    Juncus balticus

    Panicum virgatum

    wheatgrass

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    sedge

    saltgrass

    foxtail barley

    Baltic rush

    switchgrass

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

    ochric epipedon

    calcic horizon

    aquic conditions

    0—20

    0—125

    20—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

    0.5

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    1054

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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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    Ak1—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face, dry; loamy fine sand; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; rapid permeability; 25.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 20.0 fine roots throughout; carbonate, finely disseminated in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N04696; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Ak2—9 to 20 centimeters (3.5 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face, dry; loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; rapid permeability; 20.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 20.0 fine roots throughout; fine carbonate, finely disseminated in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N04697; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    ACk1—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) broken face, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face, dry; loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; rapid permeability; 20.0 very fine roots throughout and 20.0 fine roots throughout; 2 percent fine distinct cylindrical noncoherent cemented masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on surfaces along root channels; 2 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, shell fragments with sharp boundaries in matrix and fine carbonate, finely disseminated in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N04698; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    ACk2—43 to 76 centimeters (16.9 to 29.9 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) broken face, gray (2.5Y 5/1) broken face, dry; loamy fine sand; weak coarse prismatic structure; soft, very friable; rapid permeability; 15.0 very fine roots throughout and 15.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine distinct cylindrical noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on surfaces along root channels; fine carbonate, finely disseminated in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N04699; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg1—76 to 100 centimeters (29.9 to 39.4 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face, dry; loamy fine sand; moderate coarse prismatic structure; soft, very friable; rapid permeability; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 15.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine distinct cylindrical noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on surfaces along root channels; fine carbonate, finely disseminated in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N04700; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg2—100 to 125 centimeters (39.4 to 49.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face, light gray (2.5Y 7/2) broken face, dry; loamy fine sand; massive; soft, very friable; rapid permeability; 12.0 very fine roots throughout and 12.0 fine roots throughout; 2 percent fine distinct cylindrical noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on surfaces along root channels; fine carbonate, finely disseminated in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N04701; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg3—125 to 160 centimeters (49.2 to 63.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) 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 10.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent fine distinct cylindrical noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 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 # 06N04702; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg4—160 to 190 centimeters (63.0 to 74.8 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) broken face, gray (5Y 6/1) broken face, dry; loamy fine sand; massive; soft, very friable; rapid permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 6.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N04703; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg5—190 to 203 centimeters (74.8 to 79.9 inches); 10Y 4/ (10Y 4/), broken face, 10Y 5/ (10Y 5/), broken face, dry; very fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable; rapid permeability; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 06N04704; wet when described; observed in pit, small