LOCATION DOANE NEInactive Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, calcareous, mesic Typic Ustorthents
TYPICAL PEDON: Doane fine sandy loam on a 14 percent convex slope in native grass. (Colors are for dry soil unless otherwise stated.)
A--0 to 4 inches; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sandy loam; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) moist; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; neutral; clear smooth boundary. (2 to 8 inches thick.)
AC--4 to 14 inches; brown (10YR 5/3) fine sandy loam; dark brown (10YR 4/3) moist; weak medium subangular blocky structure parting to weak medium granular; soft, very friable; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, clear smooth boundary. (10 to 20 inches thick)
C1--14 to 42 inches; pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine sandy loam; brown (10YR 5/3) moist massive; soft, very friable; strong effervescence, slightly alkaline; gradual wavy boundary.
C2--42 to 80 inches; very pale brown (10YR 7/3) loamy fine sand; pale brown (10YR 6/3) moist; massive; soft, very friable; violent effervescence; silghtly alkaline.
TYPE LOCATION: Dundy County, Nebraska; 1 mile south and one mile east of Parks; 1700 feet southand 150 feet eastof the northwest corner section 27, T.1N., R.39W.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: The depth to carbonates ranges from 0 to 15 inches.
The A horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 4 to 7 (3 to 6 moist) and chroma of 2 or 3. Horizons having value less than 5.5 dry and 3.5 moist are less than 7 inches thick. It is fine sandy loam or loamy fine sand. Reaction is slightly alkaline to moderately alkaline.
The AC horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 5 to 7 (4 to 6 moist) and chroma of 2 or 3. It is fine sandy loam or very fine sandy loam. Reaction is mildly alkaline or moderately alkaline.
The C horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 5 to 8 (4 to 6 moist) and chroma of 2 or 3. It is fine sandy loam or very fine sandy loam. Sandy textures are common at depths below 40 inches. Reaction is slightly alkaline or moderately alkaline.
COMPETING SERIES: These are the Lindreth, Waumac, and Westover soils. Lindreth soils are dryer in the soil moisture control section in May and June. Waumac soils are moist in some part of the soil moisture control section from July to September. Westover soils have sand and gravel at depths of 22 to 49 inches.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Doane soils formed in calcareous, loamy and sandy eolian material on valley sideslopes and uplands. Slopes range from 2 to 20 percent. Mean annual temperature ranges from 46 to 54 degrees F and mean annual precipitation ranges from 14 to 18 inches. There are 130 to 175 frost free days per year.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Bigbend, Jayem, Kanorado, Sarben, Sully, Ulysses and Valent soils. Bigbend soils are coarse-silty and are lower on the landscape. Jayem and Sarben soils are on similar landscape positions and do not have carbonates at depths less than 15 inches. Jayem soils also have a mollic epipedon. Sully and Ulysses soils are usually higher on the landscape and have less sand in the series control sections. Kanorado soils are on similar landscape positions, have more clay in the series control sections, and are deep over shale. Valent soils have a sandy series control section and are usually higher on the landscape.
Drainage and Permeability: Well drained. Permeability is moderately rapid. Runoff is slow or medium depending on the degree of slope.
USE AND VEGETATION: Most of the soil is in native grasses, with dominant species of prairie sandreed, needleandthread, little bluestem, sand bluestem, blue grama, and hairy grama. Sand sagebrush, yucca, and prickly pear are invaders on some sites.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Western Nebraska, western Kansas, northeastern Colorado. and possibly eastern Wyoming.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Denver, Colorado
SERIES PROPOSED: Dundy County, Nebraska, 1990. The series name is from a town site in Dundy County.
REMARKS: The Doane soils were previously mapped with the Colby and Anselmo soils in the 1963 soil survey of Dundy County and with the Otero soils in Cheyenne County, Kansas. Doane soils are coarser textured than Colby soils and have carbonates higher in the profile than Anselmo soils.
Diagnostic horizons and other features recognized in this pedon: ochric epipedon--the zone from the surface to a depth of about 4 inches (the A horizon).
ADDITIONAL DATA: National Soil Survey Laboratory data is available for pedon S90NE-057-22 (1-6)