IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Coly
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 79NE063002-OSD
  • User Pedon ID: 79NE063002-OSD
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79P0145
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46878
  • 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: 40.6449185
  • Std. Longitude: -100.0378395
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8 N
  • Range: 24 W
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 100 feet west and 100 feet north of the SW corner
  • Location Description: 100 ft east and 1000 ft north of the southeast corner of sec. 21, T. 8 N., R. 24 W. Approximately 3 miles south and west of Eustis, Nebraska.
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE063—Frontier
  • MLRA: 73—Rolling Plains and Breaks

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Marvin Dixon and Steve Scheinost
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed (calcareous), superactive, mesic Typic Ustorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Coly
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/11/2003
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - second edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Coly
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: (peorian) calcareous silty loess
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Loveland Loess member.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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

    19

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, dry; silt loam; 26 percent sand; 51 percent silt; 23 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky; 5.5 fine roots; fragments; 1.49 percent of organic carbon; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P00714; observed in trench. many fine roots
    AC—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; silt loam; 21 percent sand; 57 percent silt; 22 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky; 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; 1 percent of organic carbon; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P00715; observed in trench. common fine roots
    C1—20 to 37 centimeters (7.9 to 14.6 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; silt loam; 22 percent sand; 58 percent silt; 20 percent clay; 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 5 percent fine threadlike noncoherent cemented carbonate masses on vertical faces of peds; fragments; 0.53 percent of organic carbon; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P00716; observed in trench. common very fine and fine roots; few fine distinct 10YR68 mottles
    C2—37 to 86 centimeters (14.6 to 33.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, dry; silt loam; 23 percent sand; 57 percent silt; 20 percent clay; 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard, very friable, nonsticky; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 7 percent fine threadlike noncoherent cemented carbonate masses on vertical faces of peds; fragments; 0.34 percent of organic carbon; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, pH meter; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P00717; observed in trench. few soft masses of carbonate concentrations; common very fine and fine roots; few fine and medium distinct 10YR68 mottles
    C3—86 to 121 centimeters (33.9 to 47.6 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, dry; silt loam; 26 percent sand; 54 percent silt; 20 percent clay; 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) medium distinct mottles; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse prismatic structure; hard, very friable, nonsticky; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent fine iron concretions; 11 percent fine and medium threadlike noncoherent cemented lime masses on vertical faces of peds; fragments; 0.12 percent of organic carbon; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, pH meter; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P00718; observed in trench. few soft masses of lime concentrations; few fine iron concretions concentrations; few fine roots; few medium distinct 10YR68 mottles
    C4—121 to 153 centimeters (47.6 to 60.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, dry; silt loam; 27 percent sand; 54 percent silt; 20 percent clay; 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) medium distinct mottles; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse prismatic structure; hard, very friable, nonsticky; 0.5 fine roots; 11 percent fine and medium threadlike noncoherent cemented lime masses on vertical faces of peds; fragments; 0.12 percent of organic carbon; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, pH meter. Lab sample # 79P00719; observed in trench. common soft masses of lime concentrations; few fine roots; few medium distinct 10YR66 mottles