IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Aksarben
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 73NE109004
  • User Pedon ID: 73NE109004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2170
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36324
  • 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: 40.9763985
  • Std. Longitude: -96.8911591
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 70 feet E and 1112 feet N of the SW corner
  • Map Unit: 7155—Aksarben silty clay loam, terrace, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE109—Lancaster
  • MLRA: 106—Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE109—Lancaster County, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • 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 #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Aksarben
  • PSC - 41 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/25/2003
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sharpsburg
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1973 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—41

    41—112

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    —71—
    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
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    Ap—0 to 16 centimeters (0.0 to 6.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; 9 percent sand; 26 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17116
    A—16 to 26 centimeters (6.3 to 10.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; 8 percent sand; 28 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17117
    BA—26 to 41 centimeters (10.2 to 16.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; silty clay loam; 5 percent sand; 31 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17118
    Bt1—41 to 65 centimeters (16.1 to 25.6 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silty clay loam; 6 percent sand; 36 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17119
    Bt2—65 to 94 centimeters (25.6 to 37.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silty clay loam; 7 percent sand; 37 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17120
    Bt3—94 to 112 centimeters (37.0 to 44.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silty clay loam; 7 percent sand; 33 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17121
    C1—112 to 160 centimeters (44.1 to 63.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; 7 percent sand; 31 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17122
    C2—160 to 183 centimeters (63.0 to 72.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; 7 percent sand; 30 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # 40A17123
    C3—200 to 210 centimeters (78.7 to 82.7 inches); silty clay loam; fragments. Lab sample # 40A17124