IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vetal
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 12NE1572004
  • User Pedon ID: S2012NE1572004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 12NE1572004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 12N8271
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55250
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 41.7243556
  • Std. Longitude: -103.8775000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20
  • Range: 57 W
  • Section: 10
  • Map Unit: 1308—Bayard very fine sandy loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE157—Scotts Bluff
  • MLRA: 67A—Central High Plains, Northern Part
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-GAR—Garden City, Kansas
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE157—Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41103-F8—Murray Lake, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A. Elg, D. Vyain
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Vetal
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Haplustolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/31/2012
  • Classifier - D. Vyain
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/30/2012 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: A. Elg, D. Vyain
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ANHA

    ARFI2

    BRTE

    CALO

    OPPO

    SCSC

    Andropogon hallii

    Artemisia filifolia

    Bromus tectorum

    Calamovilfa longifolia

    Opuntia polyacantha

    Schizachyrium scoparium

    sand bluestem

    sand sagebrush

    cheatgrass

    prairie sandreed

    plains pricklypear

    little bluestem

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

    mollic epipedon

    0—51

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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

    11

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    1375

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    162

    406

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    136

    8.8

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; common very fine roots throughout and common medium roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 12N04631; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    A2—8 to 22 centimeters (3.1 to 8.7 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; common very fine roots throughout and few medium roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume very strongly coherent cemented 2-15-20 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 12N04632; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw—22 to 43 centimeters (8.7 to 16.9 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few very fine roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume very strongly coherent cemented 2-3-5 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    C1—43 to 51 centimeters (16.9 to 20.1 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few very fine roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume very strongly coherent cemented 2-3-5 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N04634; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    C2—51 to 72 centimeters (20.1 to 28.3 inches);, 50 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and 50 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few very fine roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume very strongly coherent cemented 2-3-5 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 1 percent by volume very strongly coherent cemented 6-15-20 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N04635; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    C3—72 to 149 centimeters (28.3 to 58.7 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1 percent by volume very strongly coherent cemented 6-15-20 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 2 percent by volume very strongly coherent cemented 2-3-5 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N04636; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    C4—149 to 183 centimeters (58.7 to 72.0 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N04637; dry when described; observed in auger, bucket
    C5—183 to 200 centimeters (72.0 to 78.7 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3), moist; sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 12N04638; dry when described; observed in auger, bucket