IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rosebud
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957NE105001
  • User Pedon ID: S1957NE105001
  • User Site Association ID: mlra72-benchmark lab pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2299
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36996
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • 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: 41.1067139
  • Std. Longitude: -103.4113972
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13N
  • Range: 53W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 420 feet north and 792 feet east of southwest corner
  • Location Description: About 9 miles south and 4 miles east of Dix, Nebraska.
  • Map Unit: 1739—Rosebud-Canyon loams, 1 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE105—Kimball
  • MLRA: 67A—Central High Plains, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE105—Kimball County, Nebraska
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41103-A4—Potter SW, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ross D. Greenawalt and Bill McKinzie
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rosebud
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 20 to 51 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/21/2018
  • Classifier - Tom Cochran
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • QC Status: level 3
  • QA Status: level 3


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/7/1957 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 24
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    free carbonates

    paralithic contact

    0—28

    20—51

    51—86

    51—86

    86—114

    —28—

    —31—

    —25—

    —25—

    —28—
    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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    1425.9

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    225

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18029
    A—15 to 20 centimeters (5.9 to 7.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18030
    Bt1—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18031. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1609964; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1609964
    Bt2—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18032. continuous - phpvsfiid 1609965; continuous - phpvsfiid 1609965
    Bk—51 to 58 centimeters (20.1 to 22.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18033
    C1—58 to 71 centimeters (22.8 to 28.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18034
    C2—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; friable; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 40A18035
    Cr—86 to 114 centimeters (33.9 to 44.9 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; fragments. Lab sample # 40A18036