IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ord

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2008NE005042

User Pedon ID: S2008NE005042

Vegetation Plot ID: S2008NE005042

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 08N0836

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19979

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: 41.7040825

Std. Longitude: -101.4311523

Datum: WGS84

Township: 20N

Range: 36W

Section: 14

PLSS Details: 1500 feet West and 1200 feet North of the Southeast Corner

Location Description: .

State: Nebraska

County: NE005—Arthur

MLRA: 65—Nebraska Sand Hills

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE005—Arthur County, Nebraska

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41101-F4—Lena, Nebraska

PEDON

Describers Name: Roger Hammer, Alvin Perez, John Warner, Steve Scheinost, Jody Geinger

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

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon #: 42

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Ord

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

PSC - 25 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 9/23/2008

Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition

Moisture Class - aquic

Moisture SUBClass - aquic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: loamy eolian deposits over sandy eolian deposits

Landscape: sandhills

Landform: hummock on interdune

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: convex

Runoff: very low

Drainage Class: somewhat poorly

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

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
R065XY024NE	Subirrigated

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 9/23/2008 (actual site observation date)

Air Photo ID: 11283-172

Surface Water Kind: none observed

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

Yield Study ID - .

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
AGGI2 ANGE CAREX ELTRT HOJU POA SOLID SONU2 SPAS SPPE TRIFO	Agrostis gigantea Andropogon gerardii Carex Elymus trachycaulus ssp. trachycaulus Hordeum jubatum Poa Solidago Sorghastrum nutans Sporobolus asper Spartina pectinata Trifolium	redtop big bluestem sedge slender wheatgrass foxtail barley bluegrass goldenrod Indiangrass — prairie cordgrass clover	— — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
calcic horizon mollic epipedon aquic conditions	0—109 0—35 35—200	—109— —35— —165—

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	—	—	1064	—	180	457	—	135	9.5	—	—	10.6	—	—	—	—	NE0365	Arthur	—

Ak1—0 to 19 centimeters (0.0 to 7.5 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; loam; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; carbonate, finely disseminated in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N05114; moist when described; observed in trench

Ak2—19 to 35 centimeters (7.5 to 13.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 8.0 very fine roots throughout and 8.0 fine roots throughout; carbonate, finely disseminated in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N05115; moist when described; observed in trench

ACk—35 to 61 centimeters (13.8 to 24.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; soft, very friable; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries throughout; carbonate, finely disseminated in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N05116; moist when described; observed in trench

Cg1—61 to 90 centimeters (24.0 to 35.4 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; loamy fine sand; massive; soft, very friable; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented black (2.5Y 2.5/1), moist, manganese masses with sharp boundaries throughout and 20 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries throughout; carbonate, finely disseminated throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N05117; moist when described; observed in trench

Cg2—90 to 109 centimeters (35.4 to 42.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries throughout and 5 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented black (2.5Y 2.5/1), moist, manganese masses with sharp boundaries throughout and 5 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries throughout and 5 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented black (2.5Y 2.5/1), moist, manganese masses with sharp boundaries throughout; carbonate, finely disseminated throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N05118; moist when described; observed in trench

Cg3—109 to 143 centimeters (42.9 to 56.3 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; loamy fine sand; massive; soft, very friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries throughout and 5 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries throughout and 5 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented black (2.5Y 2.5/1), moist, manganese masses with sharp boundaries throughout and 10 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented black (2.5Y 2.5/1), moist, manganese masses with sharp boundaries throughout; carbonate, finely disseminated throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N05119; moist when described; observed in trench

Cg4—143 to 200 centimeters (56.3 to 78.7 inches); greenish gray (10Y 6/1), light greenish gray (10Y 7/1), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2 percent medium prominent threadlike noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on surfaces along root channels and 3 percent fine prominent threadlike noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on surfaces along root channels and 5 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented black (2.5Y 2.5/1), moist, manganese masses with sharp boundaries throughout and 5 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries throughout and 5 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries throughout and 5 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented dark greenish gray (5GY 4/1), moist, iron depletions with sharp boundaries throughout and 5 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented dark greenish gray (5GY 4/1), moist, iron depletions with sharp boundaries throughout and 5 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented black (2.5Y 2.5/1), moist, manganese masses with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N05120; wet when described; observed in trench