IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ord

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2008NE005043

User Pedon ID: S2008NE005043

Vegetation Plot ID: S2008NE005043

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 08N0837

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19980

Print Date: 11/12/2024

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: 41.6956177

Std. Longitude: -101.4954453

Datum: WGS84

Township: 21N

Range: 36W

Section: 20

PLSS Details: 2000 feet East and 1700 feet South of the Northwest 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

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 #: 43

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Ord

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

PSC - 25 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 9/24/2008

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: flat 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: 9/24/2008 (actual site observation date)

Air Photo ID: 11241-182

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
ANGE CAREX DISP ELTRT SONU2 SPAS SPPE	Andropogon gerardii Carex Distichlis spicata Elymus trachycaulus ssp. trachycaulus Sorghastrum nutans Sporobolus asper Spartina pectinata	big bluestem sedge saltgrass slender wheatgrass Indiangrass — prairie cordgrass	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
calcic horizon mollic epipedon aquic conditions	0—64 0—23 69—200	—64— —23— —131—

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	—	—	1083	—	90	457	—	135	9.5	—	—	10.6	—	—	—	—	NE0365	Arthur	—

Ak1—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), gray (2.5Y 5/1), dry; loam; moderate medium granular structure; soft, very friable; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; carbonate, finely disseminated in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N05121; moist when described; observed in trench

Ak2—12 to 23 centimeters (4.7 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 8.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 8.0 fine roots throughout; carbonate, finely disseminated in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N05122; moist when described; observed in trench

ACk—23 to 37 centimeters (9.1 to 14.6 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), gray (2.5Y 6/1), dry; loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; carbonate, finely disseminated in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N05123; moist when described; observed in trench

Ab—37 to 51 centimeters (14.6 to 20.1 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), gray (2.5Y 5/1), dry; loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; carbonate, finely disseminated in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N05124; moist when described; observed in trench

C—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1), light gray (2.5Y 7/1), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; carbonate, finely disseminated in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N05125; moist when described; observed in trench

2Ab—69 to 83 centimeters (27.2 to 32.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 5 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries throughout; carbonate, finely disseminated in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N05126; moist when described; observed in trench

2Cg1—83 to 99 centimeters (32.7 to 39.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 5 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries throughout and 5 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented N 2.5/1 (N 2.5/1), moist, manganese masses with sharp boundaries throughout and 10 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented N 2.5/1 (N 2.5/1), moist, manganese masses with sharp boundaries throughout and 15 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), 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 # 08N05127; moist when described; observed in trench

2Cg2—99 to 126 centimeters (39.0 to 49.6 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2), light gray (5Y 7/2), dry; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 15 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries throughout and 15 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), 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 # 08N05128; moist when described; observed in trench

2Cg3—126 to 170 centimeters (49.6 to 66.9 inches); greenish gray (10Y 5/1), light greenish gray (10Y 7/1), dry; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 5 percent coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), 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 # 08N05129; wet when described; observed in trench