IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Crete
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985NE035110
  • User Pedon ID: 85NE035110
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0635
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58929
  • 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: 40.5669441
  • Std. Longitude: -98.1519470
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7N
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: 1500 feet west and 500 feet south of the northeast corner
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE035—Clay
  • MLRA: 75—Central Loess Plains
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M. Kuzila
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 110
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Crete
  • PSC - 54 to 92 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Crete
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Pachic Argiustoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1985
  • 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: middle third
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1985 (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—42

    54—92

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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

    2

    555

    315

    69

    11

    12

    1A1—0 to 22 centimeters (0.0 to 8.7 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) crushed, black (10YR 2/1) crushed, moist; silt loam; strong fine platy structure; hard, friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary.; dry when described;. Overburden not sampled.
    1A2—22 to 42 centimeters (8.7 to 16.5 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P03688; dry when described;
    1E—42 to 54 centimeters (16.5 to 21.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P03689; dry when described;
    1Bt1—54 to 68 centimeters (21.3 to 26.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) crushed, very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) crushed, moist; silty clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; strong medium prismatic, and moderate fine blocky structure; very hard, very firm; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P03690; dry when described;. Crack fillings between peds.; few fine prominent 7.5YR56 mottles
    1Bt2—68 to 92 centimeters (26.8 to 36.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) crushed, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) crushed, moist; silty clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium blocky structure; very hard, very firm; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P03691; dry when described;. Crack fillings between peds.; few fine prominent 7.5YR56 mottles
    1BC1—92 to 115 centimeters (36.2 to 45.3 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) crushed, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) crushed, moist; silt loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium blocky structure; hard, firm; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P03692; dry when described;. Few 1 to 5 cm pedotubules.; common medium prominent 7.5YR58 mottles
    1BC2—115 to 144 centimeters (45.3 to 56.7 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) crushed, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) crushed, moist; silt loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium blocky structure; soft, friable; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P03693; dry when described;. Few 1 to 5 cm long pedotubules.; common medium prominent 7.5YR58 mottles
    1C—144 to 152 centimeters (56.7 to 59.8 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2) crushed, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) crushed, moist; silt loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; massive; soft, friable; 11 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; 11 percent medium irregular carbonate concretions; fragments. Lab sample # 86P03694; dry when described;. Few 1 to 5 cm pedotubules.; common medium carbonate concretions concentrations; common fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; common medium prominent 7.5YR58 mottles