IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fargo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1964ND099003
  • User Pedon ID: 1964ND099003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 64ND099003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69094
  • User Project ID: 10-FAR_099
  • Project Name: MLRA 56 - Ryan Series - Investigation of soil properties in complex mapunits
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 48.4449865
  • Std. Longitude: -97.1820443
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 157 N
  • Range: 51 W
  • Section: 2
  • Location Description: 1,440 feet north and 2,170 feet east of the SW corner of section 2, T. 157 N., R. 51 W.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND099—Walsh
  • MLRA: 56—Red River Valley of the North
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND099—Walsh County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: FS and SW
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Typic Epiaquerts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fargo
  • Classificaton Date - 8/7/2013
  • Classifier - kaa
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fargo
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic Typic Epiaquerts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/29/1964
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • 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: 10/29/1964 (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

    0—69

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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

    0

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    90

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay; moderate fine granular structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1376; moist when described;. Common black (10YR2/1) tongues of A material 1/4 to 1/2 inch wide in Bky. Many streaks and concretions of iron in Cy2.
    A—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), dry; silty clay; strong fine granular, and moderate very fine angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1377; moist when described;
    Bk—30 to 69 centimeters (11.8 to 27.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; silty clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to strong very fine angular blocky, and strong very fine granular structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 25 percent pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2) gypsum threads throughout and 25 percent pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2) lime masses throughout and 25 percent pale yellow (2.5Y 8/3) gypsum threads throughout and 25 percent pale yellow (2.5Y 8/3) lime masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1378; moist when described;
    Bky—69 to 91 centimeters (27.2 to 35.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silty clay; moderate very fine angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 25 percent gypsum crystal clusters throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1379; moist when described;
    By1—91 to 117 centimeters (35.8 to 46.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay; 10 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) medium prominent mottles; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; 1 percent gypsum crystal clusters throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1380; moist when described;
    By2—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silty clay; 10 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) medium prominent mottles; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 1 percent gypsum crystal clusters throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # NDSU1381; moist when described;