IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Aksarben
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 58NE155003
  • User Pedon ID: 58NE155003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2307
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37004
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • 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: 41.2930565
  • Std. Longitude: -96.7577744
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: .1 mile west and 100 feet north of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: Approximately 2 miles north and 2 miles west of Malmo, Nebraska.
  • Map Unit: 7647—Yutan, eroded-Aksarben silty clay loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE155—Saunders
  • MLRA: 106—Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE155—Saunders County, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W.E. McKinzie and J.A. Elder
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Aksarben
  • PSC - 30 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sharpsburg
  • Classificaton Date - 8/8/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/8/1958 (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

    argillic horizon

    0—30

    30—102

    —30—

    —72—
    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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    180

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; silty clay loam; 5 percent sand; 33 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18082
    BA—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay; 4 percent sand; 44 percent clay; strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; faint clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18083. patchy - phpvsfiid 1174513; patchy - phpvsfiid 1174513
    Bt1—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silty clay; 4 percent sand; 41 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; faint clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18084. continuous - phpvsfiid 1174514; continuous - phpvsfiid 1174514
    Bt2—48 to 76 centimeters (18.9 to 29.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; silty clay loam; 5 percent sand; 36 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm; faint clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18085. continuous - phpvsfiid 1174515; continuous - phpvsfiid 1174515
    Bt3—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; 5 percent sand; 36 percent clay; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 1 percent gray (5YR 5/1) fine faint mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18086
    BC—102 to 114 centimeters (40.2 to 44.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; silty clay loam; 6 percent sand; 33 percent clay; 3 percent gray (5YR 5/1) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18087
    C1—114 to 137 centimeters (44.9 to 53.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; silty clay loam; 5 percent sand; 32 percent clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium faint and 3 percent gray (5YR 5/1) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18088
    C2—137 to 152 centimeters (53.9 to 59.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; silty clay loam; 5 percent sand; 29 percent clay; gray (5YR 5/1) and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium faint mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; very friable; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A18089
    C3—152 to 183 centimeters (59.8 to 72.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; silty clay loam; 6 percent sand; 29 percent clay; gray (5YR 5/1) and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine and medium mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; very friable; 1 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18090
    C4—183 to 244 centimeters (72.0 to 96.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), dry; silty clay loam; 6 percent sand; 28 percent clay; gray (5YR 5/1) and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine and medium mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; very friable; 1 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18091