IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gus
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989NE031037
  • User Pedon ID: 89NE031037
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1989NE031037
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0516
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62449
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 42.6850014
  • Std. Longitude: -101.4283371
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 31N
  • Range: 35W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 1300 feet W and 250 feet S of NE corner
  • Location Description: Cherry County, Nebraska.
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE031—Cherry
  • MLRA: 65—Nebraska Sand Hills

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Roger R. Hammer and William C. Markley.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Cumulic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 37
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gus
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gus
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Cumulic Haplaquoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1989 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ALAR

    CAREX

    TRPR2

    Alopecurus arundinaceus

    Carex

    Trifolium pratense

    creeping meadow foxtail

    sedge

    red clover

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

    mollic epipedon

    0—89

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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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    975

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    225

    48

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    9

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    72576

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 5.5 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P02919. few medium roots throughout; many very fine and fine roots throughout
    A2—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; strong fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 5.5 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P02920. few medium roots throughout; many very fine and fine roots throughout
    A3—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; 30 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) fine prominent mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky, and moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; 5.5 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P02921. few medium roots throughout; many very fine and fine roots throughout; many fine prominent 5YR34 mottles
    A4—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark gray (10YR 4/1) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; 30 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) fine prominent mottles; weak thin platy, and weak medium platy, and moderate fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; 5.5 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P02922. few medium roots throughout; many very fine and fine roots throughout; many fine prominent 5YR34 mottles
    A5—46 to 58 centimeters (18.1 to 22.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark gray (10YR 4/1) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; 30 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine prominent mottles; weak medium platy, and moderate fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; 5.5 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P02923. few medium roots throughout; many very fine and fine roots throughout; many fine prominent 7.5YR44 mottles
    A6—58 to 89 centimeters (22.8 to 35.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; 30 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine prominent mottles; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very friable; 5.5 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P02924. few medium roots throughout; many very fine and fine roots throughout; many fine prominent 7.5YR44 mottles
    C1—89 to 102 centimeters (35.0 to 40.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; fine sandy loam; 30 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine distinct mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P02925. few very fine roots throughout; many fine distinct 2.5Y44 mottles
    C2—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1), dark gray (5Y 4/1), dry; clay loam; massive; very hard, very friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. no sample; few very fine roots throughout
    C3—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; very friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog. no sample; few very fine roots throughout