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Nebraska Soils Field Trip - Virginia Tech

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4th IUSS Soil Classification Conference <strong>Field</strong> Tour Guidebook<br />

LOCATION JUDSON IA+KS MN MO NE WI<br />

Established Series<br />

Rev. JCR-RAL-TWN<br />

10/2008<br />

JUDSON SERIES<br />

The Judson series consists of very deep, well drained soils formed in silty colluvium derived<br />

from non-calcareous loess. These soils are on foot slopes, upland drainageways, and alluvial<br />

fans. Slope ranges from 0 to 12 percent. Mean annual air temperature is about 10 degrees C.<br />

Mean annual precipitation is about 810 millimeters.<br />

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Cumulic Hapludolls<br />

TYPICAL PEDON: Judson silty clay loam, on a south-facing slope of 4 percent, in a cultivated<br />

field. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)<br />

Ap--0 to 23 centimeters; black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) dry, very<br />

dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) kneaded; weak medium granular structure, friable; slightly acid;<br />

abrupt smooth boundary.<br />

A1--23 to 38 centimeters; very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silty clay loam, very dark grayish brown<br />

(10YR 3/2) dry, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) kneaded; weak fine granular and weak very<br />

fine subangular blocky structure; friable; slightly acid; gradual smooth boundary.<br />

A2--38 to 56 centimeters; very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silty clay loam, very dark grayish brown<br />

(10YR 3/2) dry, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) kneaded; weak very fine subangular blocky<br />

structure; friable; slightly acid; gradual smooth boundary. (Combined thickness of the A horizon<br />

is 50 to 75 centimeters.)<br />

AB--56 to 71 centimeters; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam, grayish brown<br />

(10YR 5/2) dry, dark brown (10YR 3/3) kneaded; moderate fine subangular blocky structure;<br />

friable; many tubular pores; moderately acid; gradual smooth boundary. (10 to 25 centimeters<br />

thick)<br />

Bt--71 to 89 centimeters; dark brown (10YR 3/3) silty clay loam, brown (10YR 5/3) dry, dark<br />

brown (10YR 3/3) kneaded; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; many<br />

tubular pores; common very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organoargillans on faces of peds;<br />

very few clay films; slightly acid; gradual smooth boundary. (15 to 100 centimeters thick)<br />

BC--89 to 132 centimeters; brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4)<br />

kneaded; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; many tubular pores; few very dark<br />

gray (10YR 3/1) stains on root channels; few fine faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2) redoximorphic<br />

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