IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Els
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977NE089002
  • User Pedon ID: S1977NE089002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2083
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36241
  • 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: 42.4163780
  • Std. Longitude: -98.8437271
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28N
  • Range: 13W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 900 feet east and 2270 feet south of northwest corner
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE089—Holt
  • MLRA: 65—Nebraska Sand Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE089—Holt County, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Marvin Dixon, John Brubacher, Larry Ragon, Benny Brasher.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Aquic Ustipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Els
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Aquic Ustipsamments
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/9/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: valley
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/9/1977 (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
    • 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
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    A1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A16526
    AC—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loamy sand; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; single grain; loose; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A16527
    C1—33 to 58 centimeters (13.0 to 22.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sand; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; single grain; loose; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A16528
    C2—58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; sand; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; single grain; loose; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A16529
    C3—79 to 107 centimeters (31.1 to 42.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; sand; single grain; loose; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A16530
    IIC4—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A16531