IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Holdrege
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 82NE137001
  • User Pedon ID: 82NE137001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0772
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51559
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 40.4611130
  • Std. Longitude: -99.4108353
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 18W
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4 of NW 1/4
  • Location Description: Phelps County, Nebraska.
  • Map Unit: Ho—Holdrege silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes2667—Holdrege silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE137—Phelps
  • MLRA: 75—Central Loess Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE137—Phelps County, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D.T. Lewis and Mark Kuzilla
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Holdrege
  • PSC - 33 to 83 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Holdrege
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiustolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1982
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peorian loess derived from mixed-calcareous
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1982 (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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—33

    33—92

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    —59—
    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 19 centimeters (0.0 to 7.5 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, moist; silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P3963
    A2—19 to 33 centimeters (7.5 to 13.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P3964
    Bt1—33 to 44 centimeters (13.0 to 17.3 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior and dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P3965
    Bt2—44 to 67 centimeters (17.3 to 26.4 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior and brown (10YR 5/3) interior silty clay loam; weak prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P3966
    Bt3—67 to 92 centimeters (26.4 to 36.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak fine prismatic, and weak medium blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P3967. few fine prominent 7.5YR56 mottles
    BC—92 to 142 centimeters (36.2 to 55.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium blocky structure; soft; 30 percent lime masses; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P3968. Streaks of light brownish gray 2.5Y 6/2 dry and dark grayish brown 2.5Y 4/2 moist 0.5 wide discontinous across the horizon. Matrix does not effervesce with dilute HCl.; many soft masses of lime concentrations; common fine prominent 7.5YR56 mottles
    C—142 to 200 centimeters (55.9 to 78.7 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; sandy loam; 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; massive; soft; 1 percent lime masses; fragments. Lab sample # 82P3969. Streaks as in th BC horizn but matrix does not effervesce.; few soft masses of lime concentrations; many fine prominent 7.5YR56 mottles