IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Saltillo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2009NE109102
  • User Pedon ID: S2009NE109102
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2009NE109102
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N1039
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 25126
  • 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: 41.0444984
  • Std. Longitude: -96.6358337
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4 of the NW1/4
  • Map Unit: 7067—Saltillo silt loam, occasionally flooded
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE109—Lancaster
  • MLRA: 106—Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE109—Lancaster County, Nebraska
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41096-A6—Ceresco, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Kohake, B. Evans, C. Latta, C. Remley, S. Scheinost, J. Chiaretti
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, calcareous, mesic Cumulic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 102
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Saltillo
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, calcareous, mesic Cumulic Endoaquolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/2009
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Flooding: frequent flooding for very long periods
  • Ponding: frequent ponding for very long periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - marshland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CAREX

    DISP

    HOJU

    SPPE

    TYPHA

    Carex

    Distichlis spicata

    Hordeum jubatum

    Spartina pectinata

    Typha

    sedge

    saltgrass

    foxtail barley

    prairie cordgrass

    cattail

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

    mollic epipedon

    secondary carbonates

    0—67

    38—125

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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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    356

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    A1—0 to 17 centimeters (0.0 to 6.7 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; 5 percent sand; 33 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N04075
    A2—17 to 38 centimeters (6.7 to 15.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; 5 percent sand; 30 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; very slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N04076
    Bkg1—38 to 67 centimeters (15.0 to 26.4 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; 5 percent sand; 32 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 15 percent fine carbonate nodules; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N04077
    Bkg2—67 to 85 centimeters (26.4 to 33.5 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay loam; 5 percent sand; 28 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent fine carbonate nodules; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N04078
    Bkg3—85 to 125 centimeters (33.5 to 49.2 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay loam; 5 percent sand; 30 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5 percent faint organic stains; 5 percent fine carbonate nodules; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N04079
    Bg—125 to 147 centimeters (49.2 to 57.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay loam; 5 percent sand; 32 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3 percent faint organic stains; 3 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N04080
    Ab—147 to 200 centimeters (57.9 to 78.7 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) silty clay loam; 5 percent sand; 34 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 09N04081