IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Johnstown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2009NE0071118
  • User Pedon ID: S2009NE0071118
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2009NE0071118
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0096
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24890
  • 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: 41.4669456
  • Std. Longitude: -103.8925018
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17N
  • Range: 57W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: SE4
  • Location Description: This site is located approximately 860' west and 330' north of the southeast corner of Section 4-17-57W.
  • Map Unit: 1820—Satanta-Altvan complex, 3 to 6 percent slopes
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE007—Banner
  • MLRA: 72—Central High Tableland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE007—Banner County, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A Elg and N Roth
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Johnstown
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/7/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-silty loess derived from igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rock over sandy and gravelly alluvium derived from igneous and metamorphic rock
  • Landscape: tableland
  • Landform: plain
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: dip
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: rare ponding for very brief periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/7/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - culturally induced barren
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BRIN2

    MESA

    Bromus inermis

    Medicago sativa

    smooth brome

    alfalfa

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    abrupt textural change

    0—112

    53—137

    137—

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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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    1613

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    0

    457

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    115

    8.5

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    Albin, Wyoming HPRCC - Station # 480080

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; silt loam; 24 percent clay; moderate coarse platy parts to moderate medium granular structure; soft, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 6.0 very fine roots throughout and 8.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N00332; moderately dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    A1—13 to 53 centimeters (5.1 to 20.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; silt loam; 24 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 8.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N00333; moderately dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bt1—53 to 81 centimeters (20.9 to 31.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; silt loam; 30 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to strong fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 6.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine tubular and 5.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N00334; moderately dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 472720; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 472720
    Bt2—81 to 112 centimeters (31.9 to 44.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 32 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 4.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N00335; moderately dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 472721; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 472721
    Btk—112 to 137 centimeters (44.1 to 53.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 32 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 4.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent fine distinct threadlike weakly coherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, carbonate masses with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N00336; moderately dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2C1—137 to 165 centimeters (53.9 to 65.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, moist; very gravelly loamy sand; 5 percent clay; massive; 1 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, carbonate coats on rock fragments; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 10N00337; moderately dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 472722; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 472722
    2C2—165 to 203 centimeters (65.0 to 79.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) exterior, reddish brown (5YR 5/4) exterior, moist; gravelly sand; 2 percent clay; massive; fragments, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 10N00338; moderately dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry