IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hersh
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987NE175001
  • User Pedon ID: 87NE175001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0441
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59736
  • 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: 41.7083321
  • Std. Longitude: -98.8125000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20N
  • Range: 13W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 100 feet W AND 0.4 mile S OF THE NE CORNER
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE175—Valley
  • MLRA: 65—Nebraska Sand Hills

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: RICHARD ZINK
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Ustochrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hersh
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hersh
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, nonacid, mesic Typic Ustorthe
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop 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

    ochric epipedon

    0—17

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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

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    1Ap1—0 to 11 centimeters (0.0 to 4.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 0.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02292. common fine roots; few medium roots
    1Ap2—11 to 17 centimeters (4.3 to 6.7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02293. common fine roots
    1Bw1—17 to 25 centimeters (6.7 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior very fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02294. common fine roots
    1Bw2—25 to 37 centimeters (9.8 to 14.6 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior fine sandy loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P02295. common fine roots
    1Bw3—37 to 82 centimeters (14.6 to 32.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P02296. common fine roots
    1Ab—82 to 107 centimeters (32.3 to 42.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02297. common fine roots
    1C—107 to 115 centimeters (42.1 to 45.3 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior sand; single grain; loose; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02298. VERY THIN STRATA OF (10YR 3/2). SOME CROSS BEDDING. EOLIAN.; few fine roots
    1Ab'—115 to 140 centimeters (45.3 to 55.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior very fine sandy loam; massive; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P02299. few fine roots
    1C'—140 to 170 centimeters (55.1 to 66.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior sandy loam; massive; very friable; 0.1 fine roots; fragments. Lab sample # 87P02300. very few fine roots