IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Keith
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2006NE157114
  • User Pedon ID: S2006NE157114
  • User Site Association ID: mlra72-Keith lab
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0088
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19047
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024
  • 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: 41.8124847
  • Std. Longitude: -103.9807510
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21 North
  • Range: 57 West
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 300 feet south and 800 feet east of the northwest corner
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE157—Scotts Bluff
  • MLRA: 67A—Central High Plains, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE157—Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41103-G8—Stegall, Nebraska
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dave Vyain
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 114
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Keith
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/25/2006
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/25/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    1.5

    1288

    90

    Ap1—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed, moist; loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00560; moderately dry when described; observed in trench
    Ap2—7 to 20 centimeters (2.8 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed, moist; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00561; moderately dry when described; observed in trench
    Bt—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed, moist; loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic parts to strong coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00562; moderately dry when described; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 367225; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 367225
    Btk—38 to 70 centimeters (15.0 to 27.6 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, brown (10YR 4/3) rubbed, moist; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 15 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct threadlike carbonate masses infused into matrix along faces of peds; fragments; 10 percent krotovinas (volume percent); 10 percent krotovinas (lateral area percent); violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00563; moderately dry when described; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 367226; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 367226
    Bk—70 to 122 centimeters (27.6 to 48.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) rubbed, moist; loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 8 percent fine distinct threadlike carbonate masses in matrix and 1 percent fine faint irregular carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; 20 percent krotovinas (volume percent); 20 percent krotovinas (lateral area percent); violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00564; moderately dry when described; observed in trench
    BC—122 to 203 centimeters (48.0 to 79.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) crushed, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) rubbed, moist; silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 4 percent fine faint threadlike carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; 5 percent krotovinas (volume percent); 5 percent krotovinas (lateral area percent); violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 07N00565; moderately dry when described; observed in trench