IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hastings
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 54NE035002
  • User Pedon ID: 54NE035002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2257
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36954
  • 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: 40.4783325
  • Std. Longitude: -98.0522232
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 1056 feet south and 300 feet west of the NE corner
  • Map Unit: HcB—Hastings silt loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes3866—Hastings silt loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE035—Clay
  • MLRA: 75—Central Loess Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE035—Clay County, Nebraska
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40098-D1—Fairfield, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B.H. Williams
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Udic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hastings
  • PSC - 38 to 79 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/5/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hastings
  • Classificaton Date - 1/5/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peorian loess
  • Landscape: loess upland
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/5/2012 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—38

    38—79

    —38—

    —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

    2

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    90

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17721
    A—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), 10YR 2.5/2 (10YR 2.5/2), moist; silt loam; strong fine granular structure; soft, friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17722
    BA—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to strong fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17723
    Bt1—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; organic stains; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17724
    Bt2—53 to 79 centimeters (20.9 to 31.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17725
    BC—79 to 99 centimeters (31.1 to 39.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silty clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17726
    C1—99 to 119 centimeters (39.0 to 46.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; carbonate concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17727
    C2—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), moist; silt loam; massive; soft, friable; carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A17728