IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Crete
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985NE035104
  • User Pedon ID: 85NE035104
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0629
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58923
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 40.3888893
  • Std. Longitude: -97.8636093
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 1300 feet north and 500 feet west of the southeast corner
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE035—Clay
  • MLRA: 75—Central Loess Plains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M. Kuzila
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Vertic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 104
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Crete
  • PSC - 38 to 88 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Crete
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Pachic Argiustoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateaus or tablelands
  • Landform: plain
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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—65

    38—93

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    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

    1

    —

    —

    508

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    180

    69

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    11

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    12

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    1Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed, moist; silt loam; moderate granular structure; hard, friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P03642; moist when described;
    1A—18 to 23 centimeters (7.1 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; platy structure; hard, friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P03643; moist when described;
    1AB—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P03644; moist when described;
    1Bt1—38 to 65 centimeters (15.0 to 25.6 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; silty clay; 1 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) fine distinct mottles; strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P03645; moist when described;. very few fine distinct 7.5YR33 mottles
    1Bt2—65 to 80 centimeters (25.6 to 31.5 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, moist; silty clay; 1 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P03646; dry when described;. few fine distinct 7.5YR33 mottles
    1Bt3—80 to 93 centimeters (31.5 to 36.6 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; 1 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) fine distinct mottles; moderate coarse blocky structure; very hard, very firm; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P03647; dry when described;. few fine distinct 7.5YR33 mottles
    1BC—93 to 110 centimeters (36.6 to 43.3 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) crushed, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P03648; dry when described;. common fine prominent 7.5YR46 mottles
    1C1—110 to 145 centimeters (43.3 to 57.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) crushed, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; hard, friable; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P03649; dry when described;. many fine prominent 7.5YR46 mottles
    1C2—145 to 152 centimeters (57.1 to 59.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) crushed, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments. Lab sample # 86P03650; dry when described;. many fine prominent 7.5YR46 mottles