IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Laird
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2008NE157003
  • User Pedon ID: S2008NE157003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 08N0053
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19533
  • Print Date: 2/18/2025

    • 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: 41.7060280
  • Std. Longitude: -103.8906631
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20 North
  • Range: 57 West
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: southeast 1/4 of the southeast 1/4
  • Map Unit: 1656—Laird fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 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-F8—Murray Lake, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Angie Elg, Astrid Martinez, David Vyain, Chad Remley, Cleveland Watts, Steve Scheinost
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Laird
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Haplustolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/24/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-loamy alluvium
  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/24/2007 (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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—15

    15—45

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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

    1

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    1341

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    75

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    A1—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; very fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N00344; dry when described; observed in trench
    A2—7 to 15 centimeters (2.8 to 5.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N00345; dry when described; observed in trench
    Bw1—15 to 26 centimeters (5.9 to 10.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, moist; sandy loam; strong fine subangular blocky, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent fine faint threadlike carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N00346; dry when described; observed in trench
    Bw2—26 to 45 centimeters (10.2 to 17.7 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, moist; clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N00347; dry when described; observed in trench
    Ab1—45 to 62 centimeters (17.7 to 24.4 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; strong fine subangular blocky, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine faint threadlike carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00348; dry when described; observed in trench
    C—62 to 73 centimeters (24.4 to 28.7 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) broken face, brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00349; dry when described; observed in trench
    2Ab—73 to 82 centimeters (28.7 to 32.3 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, moist; stratified clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00350; dry when described; observed in trench
    2C1—82 to 130 centimeters (32.3 to 51.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) broken face, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, moist; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 fine tubular pores; 3 percent fine faint threadlike carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00351; dry when described; observed in trench
    2C2—130 to 179 centimeters (51.2 to 70.5 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, moist; very fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 fine tubular pores; 15 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00352; dry when described; observed in trench
    3C—179 to 200 centimeters (70.5 to 78.7 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) broken face, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face, moist; very gravelly loamy sand; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent fine prominent irregular carbonate masses in matrix; 40 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-4-5 millimeter sandstone, calcareous fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 08N00353; dry when described; observed in trench