IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Butler
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 79NE035001
  • User Pedon ID: 79NE035001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79P0416
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47149
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 40.5100000
  • Std. Longitude: -98.0391667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 561 meters W and 45 meters S of NE corner
  • Map Unit: Bu—Butler silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes3820—Butler silt loam, 0 to 1 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-E1—Harvard, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M. Dixon and R. Pollock
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Vertic Argiaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Butler
  • PSC - 41 to 84 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/17/2010
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Butler
  • Classificaton Date - 9/10/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landscape: loess plains
  • Landform: depression
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/10/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop 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—84

    41—84

    —84—

    —43—
    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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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular parts to moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary.
    A—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silt loam; moderate coarse platy parts to moderate medium platy structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary.
    E—33 to 41 centimeters (13.0 to 16.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; silt loam; moderate medium platy parts to moderate fine platy structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Bt1—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 25 percent clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary.
    Bt2—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay; strong coarse angular blocky parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 25 percent clay films; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary.
    Bt3—71 to 84 centimeters (28.0 to 33.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 10 percent clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.
    BC1—84 to 102 centimeters (33.1 to 40.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary.
    BC2—102 to 122 centimeters (40.2 to 48.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent fine carbonate bands; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary.
    C1—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable; 25 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual wavy boundary.
    C2—152 to 165 centimeters (59.8 to 65.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/3), dry; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, friable; 25 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence.