IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Holdrege
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 64NE181001
  • User Pedon ID: 64NE181001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 64NE181001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2104
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36261
  • Print Date: 5/29/2024

    • 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: 40.2964020
  • Std. Longitude: -98.3311996
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 0.27 mile north and 190 feet west of southeast corner
  • Map Unit: HwB3—Holdrege soils, 3 to 7 percent slopes, severely eroded4147—Holdrege soils, 3 to 7 percent slopes, severely eroded
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE181—Webster
  • MLRA: 75—Central Loess Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE181—Webster County, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Harry E. Paden
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Holdrege
  • PSC - 30 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/23/2013
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Holdrege
  • Classificaton Date - 9/29/1964
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peorian loess
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/29/1964 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ANGE

    BOGR2

    BOUTE

    Andropogon gerardii

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Bouteloua

    big bluestem

    blue grama

    grama

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—30

    30—71

    —30—

    —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

    6

    —

    —

    —

    —

    45

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    A11—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A16683
    A12—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A16684
    B1—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; silty clay loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A16685
    Bt21—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches);, dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist; silty clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A16686
    Bt22—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A16687
    B3—71 to 94 centimeters (28.0 to 37.0 inches);, grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; silt loam; 21 percent reddish yellow (5YR 6/8) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A16688
    C1—94 to 117 centimeters (37.0 to 46.1 inches);, grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; silt loam; 3 percent reddish yellow (5YR 6/8) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A16689
    Ck2—117 to 157 centimeters (46.1 to 61.8 inches);, grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; silt loam; 1 percent reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) medium prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A16690
    Ck3—157 to 193 centimeters (61.8 to 76.0 inches);, grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; silt loam; 1 percent pink (5YR 7/4) medium faint mottles; weak very coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A16691
    C4—193 to 234 centimeters (76.0 to 92.1 inches);, grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A16692