LOCATION SARBEN NEEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, nonacid, mesic Aridic Ustorthents
TYPICAL PEDON: Sarben loamy very fine sand - with a 5 percent convex slope in native grassland. (Colors are for dry soils unless otherwise stated.)
A--0 to 18 centimeters (0 to 7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loamy very fine sand, brown (10YR 4/3) moist; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; neutral; clear smooth boundary. (8 to 25 centimeters (3 to 10 inches) thick)
AC--18 to 41 centimeters (7 to 16 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) loamy very fine sand, brown (10YR 5/3) moist; weak medium prismatic structure parting to weak fine granular; soft, very friable; neutral; clear smooth boundary. (0 to 46 centimeters (0 to 18 inches) thick)
C1--41 to 74 centimeters (16 to 29 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) loamy very fine sand, brown (10YR 5/3) moist; massive, soft, very friable; slightly alkaline; clear smooth boundary. (0 to 51 meters (0 to 20 inches) thick)
C2--74 to 203 centimeters (29 to 80 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) loamy very fine sand, brown (10YR 5/3) moist; massive; soft, very friable; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline.
TYPE LOCATION: Banner County, Nebraska; about 19 kilometers (12 miles) east and 10 kilometers (6 miles) north of Harrisburg; 182 meters (600 feet) west and 182 meters (600 feet) north of the southeast corner, sec. 2, T. 19 N., R. 54 W. Wright Gap topographic quadrangle; latitude 41 degrees, 38 minutes, 36 seconds North and longitude 103 degrees, 30 minutes,15 seconds West.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Depth to carbonates: 38 to 102 centimeters (15 to 40 inches)
A horizon:
Hue: 10YR
Values: 4 to 6, and 3 to 5 moist
Chroma: 2 or 3
Texture: very fine sandy loam, fine sandy loam, loamy very fine sand or loamy fine sand
Reaction: slightly acid or neutral
AC horizon: (where present)
Hue: 10YR
Values: 5 or 6, and 4 or 5 moist
Chroma: 2 or 3
Texture: fine sandy loam, loamy very fine sand, or very fine sandy loam.
Reaction: neutral or slightly alkaline
C horizon
Hue: 10YR
Value: 5 to 8, and 4 to 6 moist
Chroma: 2 or 3
Texture: fine sandy loam, loamy very fine sand or very fine sandy loam
Sandy loam strata: below depths of 76 centimeters (30 inches) in some pedons
Sandy textures: below a depth of 102 centimeters (40 inches) in some pedons
Reaction: neutral or slightly alkaline in the upper part and slightly alkaline or moderately alkaline in the lower part
COMPETING SERIES: There are no other series in the same family.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landform: very gently sloping to very steep on uplands
Slope: commonly 3 to 20 percent but range 0 to 60 percent
Parent material: reworked loamy and sandy sediments in a sand-loess transition area
Mean annual temperature: 8 to 12 degrees C. (47 to 54 degrees F.)
Mean annual precipitation: 36 to 46 centimeters (14 to 18 inches)
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the
Bayard,
Busher,
Creighton,
Dailey,
Duroc,
Jayem,
Valent, and
Vetal soils.
Bayard, Busher, Creighton, and Jayne soils are on similar landscapes.
Creighton and Jayem soils have a mollic epipedon.
Dailey and Valent soils are coarser textured and generally are higher on the landscape.
Duroc and Vetal soils have mollic epipedons more than 51 centimeters (20 inches) thick and are lower on the landscape.
DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY:
Drainage: well drained
Runoff: low on very gentle slopes to rapid on steep and very steep slopes
Saturated hydraulic conductivity: high
USE AND VEGETATION: Most of these soils are in native grass.
The dominant species is needleandthread, prairie sandreed, blue grama and western wheatgrass.
The cultivated areas are primarily in a wheat-fallow rotation.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Western Nebraska, and possibly southwestern South Dakota, western Kansas, eastern Wyoming and northeastern Colorado. The series is extensive.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Denver, Colorado
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Dawes County, Nebraska, 1973.
REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in the pedon are:
Ochric epipedon: 0 to 18 centimeters (0 to 7 inches) (A horizon)
The Sarben series was formerly classified as coarse-loamy, mixed, non-acid, mesic Ustic Torriorthents
ADDITIONAL DATA:
Pedons S76NE-13-43, S83NE-13-1 and S83NE-007-024 were sampled for the National Soil Survey Laboratory at the following site:
http://ssldata.sc.egov.usda.gov/rptExecute.asp?p=11106&r=1&submit1=Get+Report
Modified format by LRM in 1/2006 to include metric conversion and change permeability to saturated hydraulic conductivity.