IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hersh
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993NE061001
  • User Pedon ID: 93NE061001
  • User Site Association ID: 8762
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 1
  • Transect Stop Number - 4
  • Transect Interval - 20.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0108
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66296
  • 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: 40.3050003
  • Std. Longitude: -98.9616699
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 15W
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 2200 feet East and 1600 feet South of the NW corner
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE061—Franklin
  • MLRA: 73—Rolling Plains and Breaks
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE061—Franklin County, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Zink and R. Rayer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, nonacid, mesic Typic Ustorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hersh
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, nonacid, mesic Typic Ustorthents
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/8/1993
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/8/1993 (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: wind erosion
    • 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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    122

    15.2

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed sand; single grain; loose, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P00763; moist when described;
    AC—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed loamy sand; single grain; loose, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P00764; moist when described;
    C—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed loamy sand; single grain; loose, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P00765; moist when described;
    Ab—51 to 64 centimeters (20.1 to 25.2 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed loam; moderate medium granular structure; soft, friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    Bwb—64 to 94 centimeters (25.2 to 37.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    Cb—94 to 152 centimeters (37.0 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed loamy sand; single grain; loose, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent.; moist when described;