Soil Series Atlas

Valentine soil series

Mixed, mesic Typic Ustipsamments

050100150200cm1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ft5 ft6 ftA1Topsoil0–4 cm · 0–2 inA2Topsoil4–13 cm · 2–5 inACTopsoil grading to parent material13–26 cm · 5–10 inC1Parent material26–46 cm · 10–18 inC2Parent material46–84 cm · 18–33 inC3Parent material84–127 cm · 33–50 inC4Parent material127–203 cm · 50–80 in050100150200cmA1Topsoil0–4 cm · 0–2 inA2Topsoil4–13 cm · 2–5 inACTopsoil grading toparent material13–26 cm · 5–10 inC1Parent material26–46 cm · 10–18 inC2Parent material46–84 cm · 18–33 inC3Parent material84–127 cm · 33–50 inC4Parent material127–203 cm · 50–80 in
Typical pedon, to scale: 203 cm (80 in), 7 horizons.

Entisols — young soils with little or no horizon development

Soil surveys map Valentine on 10.80 million acres, more than any other series in the United States. No series covers more of Nebraska: it accounts for 22.3% of the state’s mapped soil. It is the only series in the atlas that belongs to the great group Ustipsamments. It is the largest of the 6 established series in its family.

Depth
Very deep
Drainage
Excessively drained
Water movement
High

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Where Valentine is mapped

10,802,220 acres in 66 soil survey areas, from current SSURGO data.

AlabamaArizonaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaIndianaKansas: 7,067 acresMaineMassachusettsMinnesotaNew JerseyNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOklahomaPennsylvaniaSouth Dakota: 425,694 acresTexas: 907 acresWyomingConnecticutMissouriWest VirginiaIllinoisNew MexicoArkansasCaliforniaDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaIowaKentuckyMarylandMichiganMississippiMontana: 1,444 acresNew HampshireNew YorkOhioOregonTennesseeUtahVirginiaWashingtonWisconsinNebraska: 10,367,107 acresSouth CarolinaIdahoNevadaVermontLouisianaRhode Island

Share of all Valentine acres

  1. Nebraska96%
  2. South Dakota4%
  3. Kansas0.1%
  4. Montana<0.1%
  5. Texas<0.1%
  • Rank in the state · share of its mapped soil
  • Nebraska 1st of 414 · 22.27%

In the field

Drainage

Excessively drained

Drains fastStays wet

Valent, Lakeland, and Windsor also are excessively drained.

Soil depth

Very deep

ShallowDeep

Of the 68 atlas series that are classed very deep, this is the largest.

Water movement (Ksat)

High

SlowFast

Valent, Kalkaska, and Windsor also have high Ksat.

Parent material
Eolian deposits, sandy sediments
Landform
Dunes/sandhills, valleys/basins, terraces
Major land resource areas
65
Type location
Nebraska

How it is classified

  1. OrderEntisols
  2. SuborderPsamments
  3. Great groupUstipsamments
  4. SubgroupTypic Ustipsamments
  5. FamilyMixed, mesic Typic Ustipsammentsmixed mineralogy classmesic soil temperature regime

Against other Entisols

Valentine makes up 5.51% of all mapped Entisols — the 1st largest of 3,003 series in the order.

Depth described

203 cm over a median of 152 cm

Its relatives

5 other established series share the family “Mixed, mesic Typic Ustipsamments”

  1. Valentine10.8 M
  2. Simeon190 k
  3. McKelvie83 k
  4. Tivin82 k
  5. Duda70 k
  6. Peji7 k

Other Entisols in this atlas

  1. Valentine203 cm · Typic Ustipsamments
  2. Valent152 cm · Ustic Torripsamments
  3. Cabbart152 cm · Aridic Ustorthents
  4. Bibb152 cm · Typic Fluvaquents
  5. Cabba152 cm · Typic Ustorthents
  6. Lakeland203 cm · Typic Quartzipsamments

Horizon by horizon

HorizonLayerDepthThickness
A1Topsoil0–4 cm0–2 in4 cm
A2Topsoil4–13 cm2–5 in9 cm
ACTopsoil grading to parent material13–26 cm5–10 in13 cm
C1Parent material26–46 cm10–18 in20 cm
C2Parent material46–84 cm18–33 in38 cm
C3Parent material84–127 cm33–50 in43 cm
C4Parent material127–203 cm50–80 in76 cm

Sources: USDA–NRCS Official Series Description (revised 2007-01), Soil Classification database and SSURGO. Ranks computed by Soil Series Atlas. Method · Guides