IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Thurman
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2004NE003006-RRH
  • User Pedon ID: 04NE003006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N0851
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16609
  • 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: 41.9487495
  • Std. Longitude: -98.2398911
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23N
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 2100 feet north and 500 feet west of southeast corner
  • Map Unit: 6703—Thurman loamy fine sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE003—Antelope
  • MLRA: 102C—Loess Uplands
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE003—Antelope County, Nebraska
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41098-H2—Elgin NW, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. HAMMER
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Udorthentic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Thurman
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Udorthentic Haplustolls
  • Classificaton Date - 4/6/2004
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian sands
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: dune
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/6/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 62
  • 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 erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    lamellae

    0—43

    61—107

    —43—

    —46—
    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

    4

    —

    —

    619

    —

    135

    584

    —

    145

    9.5

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    NE2595

    Elgin 10 W

    —
    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; loamy fine sand; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable; rapid permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N04867; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    A—15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; loamy fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable; rapid permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 30 percent distinct very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, organic stains on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N04868; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 271685; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 271685
    AC—36 to 43 centimeters (14.2 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, moist; loamy fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable; rapid permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N04869; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    C1—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose; rapid permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; 1 percent krotovinas (volume percent); clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N04870; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    C2—61 to 107 centimeters (24.0 to 42.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, moist; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose; rapid permeability; fragments; 1 percent krotovinas (volume percent); clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    C3—107 to 112 centimeters (42.1 to 44.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) crushed, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, moist; loamy fine sand; massive; soft, very friable; rapid permeability; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    C4—112 to 165 centimeters (44.1 to 65.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, moist; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose; rapid permeability; fragments; 20 percent lamellae (lateral area percent); clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    C5—165 to 203 centimeters (65.0 to 79.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) crushed, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, moist; loamy fine sand; massive; soft, very friable; rapid permeability; fragments.; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket