IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hall
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 01NE079001-OSD
  • User Pedon ID: 01NE079001-OSD
  • User Site Association ID: MLRA 75 Holdrege Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0105
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66293
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 40.8584409
  • Std. Longitude: -98.5315642
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T. 11 N.
  • Range: R. 11 W.
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 3 miles southwest of Alda; 2000 feet south and 150 feet east of the northwest corner
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE079—Hall
  • MLRA: 71—Central Nebraska Loess Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE079—Hall County, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Zink
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hall
  • PSC - 15 to 53 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/17/2003
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hall
  • Classificaton Date - 10/7/2001
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landscape: upland, river valley
  • Landform: interfluve, terrace
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/7/2001 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind and water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    argillic horizon

    33—76

    25—43—61
    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 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; silt loam; 22 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; moderate permeability; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 4040386; moist when described;
    A—13 to 33 centimeters (5.1 to 13.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed, moist; silt loam; 27 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; moderate permeability; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 4040387; moist when described;
    Bt1—33 to 44 centimeters (13.0 to 17.3 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed, moist; silt loam, silty clay loam; 32 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; moderately slow permeability; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 4040388; moist when described;
    Bt2—44 to 61 centimeters (17.3 to 24.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; 34 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; moderately slow permeability; 20 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 4040389; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 204452; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 204452
    Bt3—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; 32 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; moderately slow permeability; 15 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 4040390; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 204453; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 204453
    BC—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) crushed, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, moist; silt loam; 21 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; moderate permeability; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 4040391; moist when described;
    C1—91 to 119 centimeters (35.8 to 46.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) crushed, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) crushed, moist; silt loam, very fine sandy loam; 12 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; soft, very friable; moderate permeability; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 4040392; moist when described;
    2C2—119 to 203 centimeters (46.9 to 79.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) crushed, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, moist; stratified stratified fine sandy loam to silt loam to silty clay loam; 28 percent clay; massive; soft, friable; moderate permeability; 10 percent fine distinct threadlike weakly coherent cemented carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4. Lab sample # 4040393; moist when described;