IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elsmere
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977NE089004
  • User Pedon ID: S1977NE089004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2086
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36244
  • 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: 42.3272133
  • Std. Longitude: -98.8515091
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27N
  • Range: 13W
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 1200 feet west and 2300 feet north of southeast 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: Sandy, mixed, mesic Aquic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elsmere
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Aquic Haplustolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/9/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • 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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    A11—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A16544
    A11—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A16545
    A13—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; fine sand; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A16546
    AC—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; fine sand; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; single grain; loose; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A16547
    C1—61 to 99 centimeters (24.0 to 39.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine sand; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; single grain; loose; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A16548
    C2—99 to 124 centimeters (39.0 to 48.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist; fine sand; 21 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; single grain; loose; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A16549
    C3—124 to 157 centimeters (48.8 to 61.8 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; fine sand; 3 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) coarse distinct mottles; single grain; loose; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A16550
    C4—157 to 183 centimeters (61.8 to 72.0 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; fine sand; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; single grain; loose; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A16551