IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Crete
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994NE159007
  • User Pedon ID: 94NE159007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0779
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66952
  • 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: 40.8944435
  • Std. Longitude: -97.0619431
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE159—Seward
  • MLRA: 75—Central Loess Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE159—Seward County, Nebraska
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40097-H1—Seward, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. J. Vanek
  • Current Taxon Kind: family
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Crete
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed Pachic Argiustolls
  • Classificaton Date - 9/13/1994
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/13/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind and water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—66

    66—162

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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

    7

    —

    —

    450

    —

    0

    709

    —

    —

    11

    —

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    12

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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 94P06105. undecomposed root and grass matter.
    A1—5 to 11 centimeters (2.0 to 4.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06106
    A2—11 to 17 centimeters (4.3 to 6.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06107
    A3—17 to 32 centimeters (6.7 to 12.6 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06108
    A4—32 to 66 centimeters (12.6 to 26.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06109
    Bt1—66 to 97 centimeters (26.0 to 38.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry, pressure faces on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06110. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 192420; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 192420
    Bt2—97 to 126 centimeters (38.2 to 49.6 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 3 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry, pressure faces on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06111. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 192421; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 192421
    Bt3—126 to 162 centimeters (49.6 to 63.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), dry, pressure faces on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06112. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 192422; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 192422
    BC—162 to 185 centimeters (63.8 to 72.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent irregular mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent fine and medium spherical extremely weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06113
    C—185 to 200 centimeters (72.8 to 78.7 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and olive gray (5Y 5/2), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silt loam; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent irregular mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent fine spherical extremely weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses; fragments. Lab sample # 94P06114