IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fargo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1964ND017001
  • User Pedon ID: 1964ND017001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 64ND017001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69858
  • User Project ID: 10-FAR_099
  • Project Name: MLRA 56 - Ryan Series - Investigation of soil properties in complex mapunits
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 46.8988347
  • Std. Longitude: -96.8036969
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 140 N
  • Range: 49 W
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 2100' west and 2400' south of NE corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND017—Cass
  • MLRA: 56—Red River Valley of the North
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND017—Cass County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: FS, SW
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Typic Epiaquerts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fargo
  • Classificaton Date - 1/21/2014
  • Classifier - kaa
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fargo
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, frigid Typic Epiaquerts
  • Classificaton Date - 10/7/1964
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: calcareous clayey glaciolacustrine deposits
  • Landscape: glacial lake plain
  • Landform: flat
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/7/1964 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    A1

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    Bw

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    Cg

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    29

    38

    61

    91

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    49.5

    48.9

    56.1

    54.1

    55.9

    59.8

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    48

    49

    42.3

    44.1

    42.3

    39.5

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    2.5

    2.1

    1.6

    1.8

    1.8

    0.7

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    A1

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    Bkg2

    Cg

    0

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    29

    38

    61

    91

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    8.8

    5.3

    3.9

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    6.5

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    A1

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    Bkg1

    Bkg2

    Cg

    0

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    29

    38

    61

    91

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    1

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    1.1

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    0—38

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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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay; moderate fine granular, and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 20.0 roots; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.
    A2—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay; moderate very fine subangular blocky, and weak medium granular structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 20.0 roots; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1292
    Bw—29 to 38 centimeters (11.4 to 15.0 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay; moderate fine granular structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 20.0 roots; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1293
    Bg—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1), dark gray (5Y 4/1), dry; silty clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 20.0 roots; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1294
    Bkg1—61 to 91 centimeters (24.0 to 35.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), gray (5Y 5/1), dry; silty clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 roots; 1 percent fine gypsum crystals, unspecified and 1 percent fine salt crystals; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1295
    Bkg2—91 to 122 centimeters (35.8 to 48.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), gray (5Y 6/1), dry; clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate very fine granular structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 roots; 1 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1296
    Cg—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), gray (5Y 6/1), dry; silty clay; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 1 percent fine faint very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 5 percent medium distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # NDSU1297