IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Goshen
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1958SD007001
  • User Pedon ID: 1958SD007001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2387
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37084
  • Print Date: 5/10/2025

    • 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: 43.2159806
  • Std. Longitude: -101.9826722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 37 N.
  • Range: 39 W.
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 2100 feet east and 100 feet south of NW corner
  • Location Description: About 3 mi. north and 1.5 mi. west of Swett, SD.
  • Map Unit: GoA—Mobridge silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD007—Bennett
  • MLRA: 64—Mixed Sandy and Silty Tableland and Badlands
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SD007—Bennett County, South Dakota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43101-B8—Swett, South Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Robert E. Radeke et. al.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Goshen
  • PSC - 43 to cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/2/2014
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: local fine-silty alluvium
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: plain
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1958 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    0—61

    43—

    124—140

    —61—

    —-

    —16—
    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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    1

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    —

    1048

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    95

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, friable; organic stains on rock fragments; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18695. Minerals primarily quartz; temperature 64 degrees F; false, plow depth boundary.
    A—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium and coarse prismatic parts to weak fine granular structure; hard, friable; 0.5 medium and 3.0 fine pores; clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18696. Minerals primarily quartz; temperature 64 degrees F.; Clay films are thin.; patchy - phpvsfiid 1268695; patchy - phpvsfiid 1268695
    Bw—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; hard, friable; 0.5 medium and 3.0 fine pores; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18697. Minerals primarily quartz; temperature 63 degrees F.; Clay films are thin.; patchy - phpvsfiid 1268697; patchy - phpvsfiid 1268697
    Bt1—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 medium and 3.0 fine pores; clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18698. Few quartz grains finely divided and bleached; minerals predominantly quartz; temperature 62 degrees F.; Worm casts are few.; Clay films are thin.; continuous - phpvsfiid 1268701; continuous - phpvsfiid 1268701
    Bt2—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate and strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 fine pores; distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) worm casts and 1 percent gray (10YR 5/1) worm casts; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18699. Few quartz finely divided bleached; minerals primarily quartz with a few feldspar; temperature 61 degrees F.; Worm casts and filled worm channels are few.; Clay films are thin.; continuous - phpvsfiid 1268708; continuous - phpvsfiid 1268708
    Bt3—79 to 97 centimeters (31.1 to 38.2 inches); gray (10YR 5/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; clay loam; weak and moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 medium and 3.0 fine pores; clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) worm casts and 1 percent gray (10YR 5/1) worm casts; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18700. Few quartz finely divided bleached; minerals primarily quartz with a few feldspar; temperature 61 degrees F.; Clay films are thin.; Worm casts and filled worm channels are few.; continuous - phpvsfiid 1268715; continuous - phpvsfiid 1268715
    Bt4—97 to 112 centimeters (38.2 to 44.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; clay loam; weak medium and coarse prismatic parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 0.5 medium and 3.0 fine pores; clay films on all faces of peds and clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) worm casts and 3 percent gray (10YR 5/2) worm casts; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.9; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18701. Few quartz finely divided bleached; minerals primarily quartz with a few feldspar; temperature 59 degrees F.; Worm casts and filled worm channels are few to common.; Clay films are thin.; patchy - phpvsfiid 1268725; continuous - phpvsfiid 1268737; patchy - phpvsfiid 1268725; continuous - phpvsfiid 1268737
    Bt5—112 to 124 centimeters (44.1 to 48.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; clay loam; weak medium and coarse prismatic parts to weak and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) worm casts and 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) worm casts; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18702. Few quartz finely divided bleached; minerals predominantly quartz with a few feldspar; temperature 59 degrees F; strong worm mixing.; Worm casts and filled worm channels are common.; Clay films are thin.; continuous - phpvsfiid 1268738; continuous - phpvsfiid 1268738
    Bk—124 to 140 centimeters (48.8 to 55.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) worm casts and 3 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) worm casts and 1 percent brown (10YR 5/3) worm casts and 3 percent fine lime masses and 3 percent fine carbonate threads; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18703. Quartz finely divided and bleached; minerals primarily quartz with a few feldspar and iron-manganese concentrations; temperature 58 degrees F; strong worm mixing.; Distinct threads and seams of segregated lime are few to common.; Worm casts and filled worm channels are common.; Effervesence is calcareous.