IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elsmere
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991NE031021
  • User Pedon ID: 91NE031021
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1991NE031021
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0346
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64585
  • 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: 42.5086098
  • Std. Longitude: -100.9288864
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 29N
  • Range: 31W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 900 feet S and 1300 feet E of NW corner
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE031—Cherry
  • MLRA: 65—Nebraska Sand Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE031—Cherry County, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: RRH, CWL, WCM
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Aquic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 21
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elsmere
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Aquic Haplustolls
  • PSC - 25 to 101 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/9/1991
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: sandhills
  • Landform: alluvial flat
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/9/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 171
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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

    ANGE

    HOJU

    PAVI2

    SONU2

    SPCR

    TRHY

    Andropogon gerardii

    Hordeum jubatum

    Panicum virgatum

    Sorghastrum nutans

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    Trifolium hybridum

    big bluestem

    foxtail barley

    switchgrass

    Indiangrass

    sand dropseed

    alsike clover

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

    mollic epipedon

    0—114

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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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    934

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    498

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    8

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    72576

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    A1—0 to 17 centimeters (0.0 to 6.7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P02116
    A2—17 to 33 centimeters (6.7 to 13.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P02117
    AC—33 to 45 centimeters (13.0 to 17.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loamy fine sand; 5 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02118
    C1—45 to 60 centimeters (17.7 to 23.6 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; fine sand; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; single grain; loose, loose; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02119
    C2—60 to 86 centimeters (23.6 to 33.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P02120
    Ab1—86 to 114 centimeters (33.9 to 44.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; fine sand; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine distinct mottles; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02121
    Ab2—114 to 139 centimeters (44.9 to 54.7 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; loamy fine sand; weak fine and medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02122
    C3—139 to 152 centimeters (54.7 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 92P02123