IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Valentine
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987NE031100
  • User Pedon ID: 87NE031100
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1987NE031100
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0030
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60153
  • 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: 42.4516678
  • Std. Longitude: -100.9366684
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 29N
  • Range: 31W
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 1750 feet south and 700 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Map Unit: 4810—Valentine fine sand, rolling and hilly, 9 to 60 percent slopes
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE031—Cherry
  • MLRA: 65—Nebraska Sand Hills

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Hoover and N. Helzer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Typic Ustipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 100
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Valentine
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Valentine (flagged as OSD)
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Typic Ustipsamments
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1987
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:
  • Range Veg. Canopy Type Dominant - perennial forbs or herbaceous
  • Range Veg. Canopy Type Secondary - perennial forbs or herbaceous
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: dune
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    1A 1

    1A 2

    1A 3

    1AC 1

    1AC 2

    1C 1

    1C 2

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    4

    13

    26

    46

    84

    127

    4

    13

    26

    46

    84

    127

    180

    88P00190

    88P00191

    88P00192

    88P00193

    88P00194

    88P00195

    88P00196

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    1.9

    1.9

    1.2

    2

    1.8

    2.7

    2.3

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    2.6

    2.8

    2.1

    4.4

    0.2

    0.4

    0.1

    2.1

    2.6

    2.1

    1.7

    0

    0

    0

    0.5

    0

    0

    2.7

    0.2

    0.4

    0.1

    95.5

    95.3

    96.7

    93.6

    97

    96.9

    97.6

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    0.2

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    1.1

    0.3

    0

    0.2

    0.1

    0

    0.6

    18.9

    15.8

    17.5

    18.2

    18.9

    10.5

    23

    68.8

    70.6

    71.7

    69.2

    71.7

    77.1

    65.6

    6.5

    8.6

    7.2

    6

    6.3

    9.3

    6.3

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    5.9

    5.9

    6.2

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    6.6

    6.6
    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    1A 1

    1A 2

    1A 3

    1AC 1

    1AC 2

    1C 1

    1C 2

    0

    4

    13

    26

    46

    84

    127

    4

    13

    26

    46

    84

    127

    180

    88P00190

    88P00191

    88P00192

    88P00193

    88P00194

    88P00195

    88P00196

    5.2

    5.3

    5.6

    5.7

    5.8

    5.9

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    1A 1

    1A 2

    1A 3

    1AC 1

    1AC 2

    1C 1

    1C 2

    0

    4

    13

    26

    46

    84

    127

    4

    13

    26

    46

    84

    127

    180

    88P00190

    88P00191

    88P00192

    88P00193

    88P00194

    88P00195

    88P00196

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    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    SCSC

    ANHA

    CAFI

    BOGR2

    YUCCA

    CALO

    KOMA

    Schizachyrium scoparium

    Andropogon hallii

    Carex filifolia

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Yucca

    Calamovilfa longifolia

    Koeleria macrantha

    little bluestem

    sand bluestem

    threadleaf sedge

    blue grama

    yucca

    prairie sandreed

    prairie Junegrass

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    0—26

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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

    20

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    958

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    1A 1—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; fine sand; single grain; loose, very friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P0190; dry when described;
    1A 2—4 to 13 centimeters (1.6 to 5.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; fine sand; weak medium granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P0191; dry when described;
    1A 3—13 to 26 centimeters (5.1 to 10.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; fine sand; weak coarse granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 88P0192; dry when described;
    1AC 1—26 to 46 centimeters (10.2 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; fine sand; weak coarse granular structure; soft, friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P0193; dry when described;
    1AC 2—46 to 84 centimeters (18.1 to 33.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, dry; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P0194; dry when described;
    1C 1—84 to 127 centimeters (33.1 to 50.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, dry; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 88P0195; dry when described;. Few lamellae; (10YR 5/4) and (7.5YR 5/4) moist; 2 mm thick, horizontal, discontinuous.
    1C 2—127 to 180 centimeters (50.0 to 70.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, dry; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose; fragments. Lab sample # 88P0196; dry when described;. Few lamellae; (10YR 5/3) moist; 5 mm thick, horizontal, discontinuous.