IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Creighton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2008NE157001
  • User Pedon ID: S2008NE157001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 08N0051
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19531
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 41.7478065
  • Std. Longitude: -103.8224182
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21 North
  • Range: 56 West
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: northeast 1/4 of the southwest 1/4
  • Map Unit: 5935—Creighton very fine sandy loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes
  • 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: 41103-F7—Murray Lake NE, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Angie Elg, Astrid Martinez, David Vyain, Chad Remley, Cleveland Watts, Steve Scheinost
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Creighton
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Haplustolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/23/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/23/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—23

    23—74

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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

    6

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    1473

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    190

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    Ap1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; very fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 7.0 very fine roots throughout and 6.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N00327; dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Ap2—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 7.0 very fine roots throughout and 6.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N00328; dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bw1—23 to 53 centimeters (9.1 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, moist; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00329; dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bw2—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, moist; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00330; dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bk1—74 to 89 centimeters (29.1 to 35.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face and brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, moist; very fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 35 percent medium faint threadlike carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00331; dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bk2—89 to 109 centimeters (35.0 to 42.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, moist; very fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent medium faint threadlike carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00332; dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bk3—109 to 147 centimeters (42.9 to 57.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, moist; very fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 25 percent medium faint threadlike carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00333; dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    BC—147 to 200 centimeters (57.9 to 78.7 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, moist; very fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 3.0 medium tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 08N00334; dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry