IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Aksarben
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 73NE109005
  • User Pedon ID: 73NE109005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2169
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36323
  • 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: 40.8430557
  • Std. Longitude: -96.5588913
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 300 feet N and 2376 feet E of the SW corner
  • Map Unit: ShC—Aksarben silty clay loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes7206—Aksarben silty clay loam, 2 to 6 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 #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Aksarben
  • PSC - 18 to 68 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
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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—46

    46—106

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    —60—
    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

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    A1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; 4 percent sand; 31 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17104
    A12—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; 3 percent sand; 38 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17105
    BA—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay; 2 percent sand; 41 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17106
    Bt1—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silty clay loam; 2 percent sand; 39 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17107
    Bt2—64 to 89 centimeters (25.2 to 35.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silty clay loam; 2 percent sand; 35 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17108
    Bt3—89 to 106 centimeters (35.0 to 41.7 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; 3 percent sand; 31 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17109
    C1—106 to 145 centimeters (41.7 to 57.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; 3 percent sand; 30 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17110
    C2—145 to 183 centimeters (57.1 to 72.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silty clay loam; 3 percent sand; 27 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17111
    C3—183 to 234 centimeters (72.0 to 92.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silt loam; 2 percent sand; 26 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17112
    2C4—234 to 256 centimeters (92.1 to 100.8 inches);, brown (7.5YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; 7 percent sand; 30 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17113
    2C5—256 to 301 centimeters (100.8 to 118.5 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2), reddish gray (5YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; 10 percent sand; 32 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A17114