IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gus
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989NE031038
  • User Pedon ID: 89NE031038
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1989NE031038
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0517
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62450
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 42.6838875
  • Std. Longitude: -101.4300003
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 31N
  • Range: 35W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 600 feet S and 2000 feet W of NE corner
  • Location Description: Cherry County, Nebraska.
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE031—Cherry
  • MLRA: 65—Nebraska Sand Hills

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Roger R. Hammer, William C. Markley, and Vernon C.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Cumulic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 38
  • 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 Fluvaquentic Haplaquoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: very 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

    CAIN

    CAREX

    PHAR3

    Calamagrostis inexpansa

    Carex

    Phalaris arundinacea

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    sedge

    reed canarygrass

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

    mollic epipedon

    0—53

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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

    0

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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); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; weak very fine and fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; 5.5 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P02926. few medium roots throughout; many very fine and fine roots throughout
    A2—10 to 36 centimeters (3.9 to 14.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, 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 # 90P02927. few medium roots throughout; many very fine and fine roots throughout
    A3—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 5.5 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; faint organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P02928. few medium roots throughout; many very fine and fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 225020; continuous - phpvsfiid 225020
    2C—53 to 79 centimeters (20.9 to 31.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; fine sandy loam; 30 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) fine prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P02929. few fine roots throughout; many fine prominent 7.5YR34 mottles
    Ab1—79 to 97 centimeters (31.1 to 38.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; loam; 30 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P02930. few very fine roots throughout; many fine prominent 10YR34 mottles
    3C—97 to 109 centimeters (38.2 to 42.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; loamy fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. no sample
    Ab2—109 to 142 centimeters (42.9 to 55.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; loam; massive; very hard, friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. no sample
    4C—142 to 152 centimeters (55.9 to 59.8 inches); gray (5Y 5/1), light gray (5Y 7/1), dry; loamy fine sand; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine prominent mottles; single grain; loose; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, hellige-truog. no sample; few fine prominent 7.5YR44 mottles