LOCATION HAIGLER NEEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, calcareous, mesic Oxyaquic Ustifluvents
TYPICAL PEDON: Haigler very fine sandy loam, with a 1 percent slope in rangeland. (Colors are for dry soil unless otherwise noted.)
A--0 to 5 inches; brown (10YR 5/3) very fine sandy loam, brown (10YR 4/3) moist; weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; sodium adsorption ratio = 2; strongly effervescent; moderately alkaline; clear wavy boundary. (3 to 8 inches thick)
AC1--5 to 10 inches; pale brown (10YR 6/3) very fine sandy loam, brown (10YR 5/3) moist; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; sodium adsorption ratio = 6; strongly effervescent; strongly alkaline; clear smooth boundary.
AC2--10 to 16 inches; very pale brown (10YR 7/3) loam, brown (10YR 5/3) moist; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; sodium adsorption ratio = 70; strongly effervescent; very strongly alkaline; clear smooth boundary. (Combined thickness of the AC horizon ranges from 5 to 15 inches thick)
C1--16 to 27 inches; pale brown (10YR 6/3) loamy fine sand, brown (10YR 5/3) moist; many thin strata of loam; massive; soft, very friable; sodium adsorption ratio = 124; strongly effervescent; very strongly alkaline; clear wavy boundary.
C2--27 to 43 inches; very pale brown (10YR 7/3) loamy very fine sand, brown (10YR 5/3) moist; common coarse strata of fine sand; many medium faint light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) iron masses in the soil matrix; massive; soft, very friable; sodium adsorption ratio = 29; strongly effervescent; strongly alkaline; gradual wavy boundary.
C3--43 to 80 inches; light gray (10YR 7/2) fine sand, brown (10YR 5/3) moist; common coarse faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) iron masses in the soil matrix; single grain; loose; sodium adsorption ratio = 10; strongly effervescent; strongly alkaline.
TYPE LOCATION: Dundy County, Nebraska; about .25 mile south of Doane; 400 feet south and 300 feet east of the northwest corner of section 28, T.1 N., R.38 W. USGS Benkelman quadrangle, latitude 40 degrees, 1 minute, 51 seconds North and longitude 101 degrees, 37 minutes, 27 seconds West.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Depth to redoximorphic features: greater than 20 inches
Distribution of carbonates: throughout the solum but often lacking in the sandy underlying material
Electrical conductivity in the series control section: 0 to 8
Comments: Buried soils are common below 40 inches.
A horizon:
Hue: 10YR
Value: 4 to 6 dry, 3 to 5 moist
Chroma: 1 to 3
Reaction: slightly to moderately alkaline
Sodium adsorption ratio: 0 to 5
Texture: loam, very fine sandy loam, fine sandy loam
Comments: Horizons having value less than 5.5 dry and 3.5 moist are less than 7 inches thick.
AC horizons:
Hue: 10YR, 2.5Y
Value: 5 to 7 dry, 4 to 6 moist
Chroma: 1 to 3
Reaction: strongly to very strongly alkaline
Sodium adsorption ratio: 5 to 90
Texture: very fine sandy loam, loam
C horizons:
Hue: 10YR, 2.5Y
Value: 6 to 7 dry, 5 to 6 moist
Chroma: 1 to 3
Reaction: strongly to very strongly alkaline in the upper part, moderately to strongly alkaline in the lower sandy part
Sodium adsorption ratio: 15 to 100 or more in the upper part, 5 to 30 in the lower sandy part
Texture: loamy very fine sand, fine sandy loam, loamy fine sand - may contain strata of coarser and finer textured material - sand or fine sand is below 40 inches
COMPETING SERIES:
Bosquecito (T) soils: have significant amounts of mica in the silt and sand fraction, receive peak precipitation in
May and June, are not high in sodium in the particle-size control section
Kitcarson soils: are not high in sodium in the particle-size control section
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape: river valleys
Landform: flood plains
Slopes: 0 to 2 percent
Elevation: 2500 to 3500 feet
Parent material: calcareous, stratified loamy and sandy alluvium
Mean annual air temperature: 51 to 53 degrees F.
Mean annual precipitation: 14 to 18 inches
Frost-free period: 140 to 160 days
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Benkelman soils: are coarse-silty, on stream terraces
Bolent soils: have a seasonal high water table at 1.5 to 3.0 feet, lower on the landscape
Calamus soils: are sandy in the particle-size control section on similar positions on the landscape
Otero soils: do not have a seasonal high water table at less than 6 feet on stream terraces
Sanborn soils: have a seasonal high water table at 1.5 to 3.0 feet, lower on the landscape
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY:
Drainage: Moderately well
Runoff: low
Permeability: moderate
Seasonal high water table: ranges from 3 to 6 feet
Flooding: rarely
USE AND VEGETATION: About one-half of this soil is used for cropland and the rest is used as rangeland. Some areas of cropland are irrigated. Corn, alfalfa and winter wheat are the main crops grown. Major native grasses include alkali sacaton, inland saltgrass, western wheatgrass and blue grama.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Southwestern Nebraska, possibly northwestern Kansas, northeastern Colorado.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Denver, Colorado
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Dundy County, Nebraska, 1995.
REMARKS: Haigler soils were previously mapped with the Las and Laurel soils in the 1963 soil survey of Dundy County.
Diagnostic horizons and other features recognized in this pedon: ochric epipedon - the zone from the surface to 5 inches (the A horizon).
ADDITIONAL DATA: National Soil Survey Laboratory data is available for pedon S89NE-057-102 at the following site:
http://ssldata.sc.egov.usda.gov/rptExecute.asp?p=16493&r=1&submit1=Get+Report
OTHER DATA:
T: 4
K: .37
WEG: 3
WEI: 86