IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Perella
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1955ND081501
  • User Pedon ID: 1955ND081501
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 55ND081501
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69475
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 46.1033333
  • Std. Longitude: -97.8841667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 290 ft. N., 250 ft. W. of the SE corner, NE1/4 sec. 1, T. 130 N., R. 58 W.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND081—Sargent
  • MLRA: 55B—Central Black Glaciated Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND081—Sargent County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: ELJ
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Perella
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1955
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: lake plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1955 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    calcic horizon

    0—20

    58—122

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    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; friable; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU2219
    Bk1—20 to 58 centimeters (7.9 to 22.8 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU2221
    Bk2—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3), pale yellow (5Y 7/3), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU2223
    Bk3—81 to 122 centimeters (31.9 to 48.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and white (5Y 8/1), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) and pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), dry; loam; 25 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine distinct mottles; massive parts to moderate fine granular; friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU2225
    C1—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); olive (5Y 5/3), pale olive (5Y 6/3), dry; fine sandy loam; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; massive parts to weak fine and medium granular; friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU2227
    C2—152 to 178 centimeters (59.8 to 70.1 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) and pale olive (5Y 6/4), pale olive (5Y 6/3), dry; fine sandy loam; 1 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2) fine distinct and 1 percent pale yellow (5Y 8/2) fine distinct and 1 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine prominent mottles; massive parts to weak fine and medium granular; friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU2229
    C3—178 to 213 centimeters (70.1 to 83.9 inches); olive (5Y 5/4) and pale olive (5Y 6/4), pale olive (5Y 6/4) and pale yellow (5Y 7/4), dry; fine sandy loam; 1 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2) fine distinct and 1 percent pale yellow (5Y 8/2) fine distinct and 1 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine prominent mottles; massive parts to weak fine and medium granular; friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU2231
    C4—213 to 244 centimeters (83.9 to 96.1 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3), pale yellow (5Y 7/3), dry; fine sandy loam; 25 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2) fine faint mottles; massive parts to weak fine and medium granular; friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU2233