IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Butler
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1983NE059006
  • User Pedon ID: 1983NE059006
  • User Site Association ID: NE059-TUDS
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0618
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 52855
  • 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: 40.6077054
  • Std. Longitude: -97.4072263
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 1,380 feet south and 140 feet west of the NE corner
  • Map Unit: Bu—Butler silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes3820—Butler silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE059—Fillmore
  • MLRA: 75—Central Loess Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE059—Fillmore County, Nebraska
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40097-E4—Friend SW, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Roger R. Hammer, James L. Husbands, Robert S. Pollack, R. Foster, and Mark S. Kuzila
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Vertic Argiaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Butler
  • PSC - 33 to 74 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/8/2010
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Butler
  • Classificaton Date - 5/11/1983
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landscape: upland
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/11/1983 (actual site observation 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    redox concentrations

    argillic horizon

    0—74

    33—152

    33—74

    —74—

    —119—

    —41—
    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

    0.5

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    —

    —

    —

    180

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt smooth boundary.
    A—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary.
    E—28 to 33 centimeters (11.0 to 13.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silt loam; weak medium platy parts to weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Bt1—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 1 percent fine prominent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; gradual smooth boundary.
    Bt2—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 1 percent fine distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear smooth boundary.
    BC—74 to 86 centimeters (29.1 to 33.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 1 percent fine prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; gradual wavy boundary.
    C1—86 to 112 centimeters (33.9 to 44.1 inches); olive (5Y 4/3), pale olive (5Y 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; massive; hard, friable; 10 percent fine prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual wavy boundary.
    C2—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); olive (5Y 5/3), pale yellow (5Y 7/3), dry; silty clay loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 10 percent fine prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0.