IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Letcher

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: 1966ND027010

User Pedon ID: 1966ND027010

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 40A2823

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37402

Print Date: 11/26/2024

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: 47.7172700

Std. Longitude: -98.9545900

Datum: WGS84

Township: 149 N

Range: 65 W

Section: 15

PLSS Details: 400 feet N and 100 feet W of the SE corner

Location Description: 400 feet N and 100 feet W of the SE corner; 8 miles east and 2 miles north of New Rockford.

State: North Dakota

County: ND027—Eddy

MLRA: 55B—Central Black Glaciated Plains

MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-DVL—Devils Lake, North Dakota

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND027—Eddy County, North Dakota

PEDON

Describers Name: L. Shoesmith and R. Wright

Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Calcic Natrudolls

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Letcher

Classificaton Date - 8/15/2016

Classifier - kaa

Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture Subclass - typic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Letcher

Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Calcic Natrudolls

Taxon Kind - series

Classificaton Date - 8/25/1966

Moisture Class - udic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

QC Status: level 1

SITE

Parent Material: coarse-loamy glaciofluvial deposits

Landscape: outwash plain

Landform: flat

Drainage Class: somewhat poorly

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 8/25/1966 (actual site observation date)

Surface Cover Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

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
—	—	—	—	—	90	457	—	—	3.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; sandy loam; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22302

E—15 to 19 centimeters (5.9 to 7.5 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and very dark brown (10YR 2/2), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; loamy sand; 1 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine faint mottles; weak medium platy, and weak medium structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A22303

Btn1—19 to 30 centimeters (7.5 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face, dry; sandy clay loam; 1 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine faint mottles; strong medium and coarse columnar structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organic stains on faces of peds and black (10YR 2/1), moist, and very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay films on faces of peds and black (10YR 2/1), moist, and very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist,; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A22304. Clear boundary to the lower B2 horizon.

Btn2—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), olive gray (5Y 5/2) broken face, dry; sandy clay loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine faint mottles; strong coarse and very coarse prismatic parts to medium platy structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22305

Bk—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); olive (5Y 5/3), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; loam; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine faint mottles; moderate medium and coarse prismatic, and moderate very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium platy structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A22306

BC—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), olive gray (5Y 5/2), dry; fine sandy loam; 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A22307

2C1—74 to 94 centimeters (29.1 to 37.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; sand; 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct mottles; single grain; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A22308

2C2—94 to 104 centimeters (37.0 to 40.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2), light olive gray (5Y 6/2) and light gray (5Y 7/1), dry; stratified fine sandy loam; 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) coarse distinct mottles; massive; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A22309

3C3—104 to 152 centimeters (40.9 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; coarse sand; 21 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) coarse prominent mottles; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A22310

3C4—152 to 183 centimeters (59.8 to 72.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; coarse sand; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) coarse distinct mottles; single grain; loose; fragments. Lab sample # 40A22311. Not sampled by lab.