IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nora
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2014NE053006
  • User Pedon ID: S2014NE053006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 15N0466
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 79627
  • User Project ID: FY2015-QTR1-P500
  • Project Name: MLRA 102C - DSP/Characterization Data Project Moody, Nora, Crofton and Alcester (FY15-16)
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 41.6517500
  • Std. Longitude: -96.4686200
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE053—Dodge
  • MLRA: 102C—Loess Uplands
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE053—Dodge County, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jackson, Grant
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Udic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, brief description
  • Pedon Purpose: technical soil services
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nora silty clay loam, 6 to 11 percent slopes, eroded
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/27/2016
  • Classifier - Jackson, Grant
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: calcareous loess
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/25/2014 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Jackson, Grant
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 19 centimeters (0.0 to 7.5 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; common very fine roots throughout; common fine irregular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 15N02397, 15N02398; observed in push tube
    Bw—19 to 31 centimeters (7.5 to 12.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; few very fine roots throughout; few very fine irregular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 15N02399; observed in push tube
    Bk1—31 to 74 centimeters (12.2 to 29.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; few very fine roots throughout; few very fine irregular pores; 5 percent fine distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 20 percent very fine distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions; 3 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 15N02400; observed in push tube
    Bk2—74 to 107 centimeters (29.1 to 42.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; few very fine roots throughout; few very fine irregular pores; 5 percent very fine distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 5 percent very fine distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions; 3 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 15N02401; observed in push tube
    BC—107 to 122 centimeters (42.1 to 48.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; few very fine roots throughout; few very fine irregular pores; 2 percent very fine distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent fine carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 15N02402; observed in push tube
    C1—122 to 180 centimeters (48.0 to 70.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few very fine roots throughout; few very fine irregular pores; 1 percent very fine faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent fine carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 15N02403; observed in push tube
    C2—180 to 200 centimeters (70.9 to 78.7 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few very fine roots throughout; few very fine irregular pores; 3 percent very fine faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent fine carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 15N02404; observed in push tube