IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dwyer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2006NE157113
  • User Pedon ID: S2006NE157113
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0087
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19046
  • Print Date: 4/23/2025

    • 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: 41.8236351
  • Std. Longitude: -104.0497971
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21 North
  • Range: 58 west
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 1700 feet south and 800 feet east of the northwest corner
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE157—Scotts Bluff
  • MLRA: 67A—Central High Plains, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE157—Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41104-G1—Robb Draw, Wyoming

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dave Vyain
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Ustic Torripsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 113
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dwyer
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Ustic Torripsamments
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/25/2006
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian sands
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: dune
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/25/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

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    1294

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    Ap—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) rubbed, moist; loamy fine sand; single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00552; moderately dry when described; observed in trench
    C—7 to 42 centimeters (2.8 to 16.5 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) rubbed, moist; stratified fine sand; single grain; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 4 percent fine distinct threadlike carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00553; moderately dry when described; observed in trench
    Ab—42 to 54 centimeters (16.5 to 21.3 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, brown (10YR 4/3) rubbed, moist; loamy fine sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; 2 percent krotovinas (volume percent); 2 percent krotovinas (lateral area percent); strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N00554; moderately dry when described; observed in trench
    C1—54 to 78 centimeters (21.3 to 30.7 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) rubbed, moist; loamy fine sand; massive; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine distinct threadlike carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; 3 percent krotovinas (volume percent); 3 percent krotovinas (lateral area percent); violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N00555; moderately dry when described; observed in trench
    C2—78 to 116 centimeters (30.7 to 45.7 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) rubbed, moist; stratified loamy fine sand; single grain; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent fine distinct threadlike carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; 3 percent krotovinas (volume percent); 3 percent krotovinas (lateral area percent); violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N00556; moderately dry when described; observed in trench
    C3—116 to 134 centimeters (45.7 to 52.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) rubbed, moist; stratified loamy fine sand; massive; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent distinct carbonate coats on vertical faces of peds; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N00557; moderately dry when described; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 367224; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 367224
    2C4—134 to 156 centimeters (52.8 to 61.4 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) crushed, brown (10YR 4/3) rubbed, moist; very fine sandy loam; massive; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 25 percent fine distinct threadlike carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N00558; moderately dry when described; observed in trench
    2C5—156 to 210 centimeters (61.4 to 82.7 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) rubbed, moist; loamy fine sand; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 25 percent fine distinct threadlike carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 07N00559; moderately dry when described; observed in trench