IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Crowther
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2006NE005002
  • User Pedon ID: S2006NE005002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2006NE005002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 06N1093
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18549
  • 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: 41.4995956
  • Std. Longitude: -101.7807617
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18N
  • Range: 39W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 1199 feet north and 2301 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Map Unit: Gb—Gannett-Loup fine sandy loams, drained, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE005—Arthur
  • MLRA: 65—Nebraska Sand Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE005—Arthur County, Nebraska
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41101-D7—Bear Hill, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. WILSON, A. PEREZ, R. HAMMER, D. VYAIN, J. WARNER, S. SCHEINOST & C. MARKLEY
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Calciaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Crowther
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Calciaquolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/20/2006
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian deposits
  • Landscape: sandhills
  • Landform: swale on interdune
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/20/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 101
  • Plant Association Name: wet subirrigated range site
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    2FP

    CAREX

    PHAR3

    POA

    TRPR2

    —

    Carex

    Phalaris arundinacea

    Poa

    Trifolium pratense

    Forb, perennial

    sedge

    reed canarygrass

    bluegrass

    red clover

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    calcic horizon

    aquic conditions

    0—23

    6—100

    23—203

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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

    0.1

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    —

    1100

    —

    457

    —

    135

    9.3

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    —

    10.4

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    —

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    NE0365

    Arthur

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    Ak1—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) broken face, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) broken face, dry; mucky loam; strong medium granular structure; soft, very friable; moderately rapid permeability; 20.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 20.0 fine roots throughout; carbonate, finely disseminated in matrix and 20 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, shell fragments with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N04713; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Ak2—6 to 23 centimeters (2.4 to 9.1 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) broken face, gray (2.5Y 5/1) broken face, dry; loam; weak medium platy parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; moderately rapid permeability; 15.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 15.0 fine roots throughout; carbonate, finely disseminated in matrix and 20 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, shell fragments with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N04714; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Ak3—23 to 39 centimeters (9.1 to 15.4 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) broken face, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face, dry; loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; moderately rapid permeability; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; 2 percent fine distinct cylindrical noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on surfaces along root channels; carbonate, finely disseminated in matrix and 10 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented shell fragments with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N04715; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2Ab—39 to 56 centimeters (15.4 to 22.0 inches); black (N 2.5/), broken face, dark gray (N 4/), broken face, dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; moderately rapid permeability; 7.0 very fine roots throughout and 7.0 fine roots throughout; carbonate, finely disseminated in matrix and 10 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, shell fragments with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N04716; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2Cg—56 to 72 centimeters (22.0 to 28.3 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) broken face, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face, dry; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose; rapid permeability; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; carbonate, finely disseminated in matrix and 10 percent fine distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, shell fragments with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N04717; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    3Ab—72 to 100 centimeters (28.3 to 39.4 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) broken face, dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) broken face, dry; loamy fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; rapid permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, sand coats on surfaces along root channels; 2 percent fine distinct cylindrical noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on surfaces along root channels; carbonate, finely disseminated in matrix and 10 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, shell fragments with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N04718; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 386977; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 386977
    3Cg—100 to 133 centimeters (39.4 to 52.4 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) broken face, gray (2.5Y 5/1) broken face, dry; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose; rapid permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, shell fragments with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N04719; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    4Ab—133 to 165 centimeters (52.4 to 65.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) broken face, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face, dry; loamy fine sand; massive; soft, very friable; rapid permeability; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N04720; wet when described; observed in pit, small
    4Cg—165 to 203 centimeters (65.0 to 79.9 inches); variegated 80 percent 5GY 6/ (5GY 6/), broken face and 20 percent 5G 5/ (5G 5/), broken face, 80 percent 5GY 8/ (5GY 8/), broken face and 20 percent 5G 7/ (5G 7/), broken face, dry; fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable; moderately rapid permeability; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 06N04721; wet when described; observed in pit, small