IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Keith
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988NE057006
  • User Pedon ID: 88NE057006
  • User Site Association ID: mlra72-benchmark lab pedonsmlra72-Keith lab
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0138
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61242
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 40.3247223
  • Std. Longitude: -101.5122223
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 37W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 1000 feet north and 300 feet east of the southwest corner
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE057—Dundy
  • MLRA: 72—Central High Tableland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Hoover
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic 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 #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Keith
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 56 to 99 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/4/2016
  • Classifier - Tom Cochran
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateaus or tablelands
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1988 (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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    free carbonates

    secondary carbonates

    0—46

    13—58

    58—152

    58—76

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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

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    1015

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    0

    46

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01040
    Bt1—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01041. Horizon has slightly darker faces on ped surfaces
    Bt2—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01042. Horizon has slightly darker faces on ped surfaces
    Bt3—46 to 58 centimeters (18.1 to 22.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01043. Horizon has slightly darker faces on ped surfaces
    Bk—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 11 percent fine and medium carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01044. common fine and medium carbonate threads concentrations
    C1—76 to 114 centimeters (29.9 to 44.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, friable; 30 percent fine and medium carbonate threads; fragments; violent effervescence; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P01045. many fine and medium carbonate threads concentrations
    C2—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, friable; 30 percent fine and medium carbonate threads; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 89P01046. many fine and medium carbonate threads concentrations