IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Colvin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1967ND099003
  • User Pedon ID: 1967ND099003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2826
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37405
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 48.3400000
  • Std. Longitude: -97.3027778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 156 N
  • Range: 52 W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 970 feet west and 350 feet north of the SE corner
  • Location Description: 970 feet west and 350 feet north of southeast corner Section 10, T.156N., R.52W.; approximately 5 miles east and 5 miles south of Grafton.
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND099—Walsh
  • MLRA: 56—Red River Valley of the North

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Hetzler and A.F. Bahr
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Calciaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Colvin
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1972
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Colvin
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Calciaquolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/12/1967
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-silty glaciolacustrine deposits
  • Landscape: lake plain
  • Landform: flat
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/12/1967 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • 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

    calcic horizon

    0—38

    23—107

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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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    457

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    3.9

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark reddish gray (10R 3/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22325
    Ak—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) and black (10YR 2/1), gray (5Y 6/1) and dark gray (5Y 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A22326
    Bky—38 to 64 centimeters (15.0 to 25.2 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1), gray (5Y 6/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 roots; 25 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A22327
    Bk1—64 to 84 centimeters (25.2 to 33.1 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), olive gray (5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; 3 percent gray (5Y 5/1) fine distinct mottles; massive parts to weak coarse platy; very hard, friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A22328
    Bk2—84 to 107 centimeters (33.1 to 42.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; silt loam; 21 percent dark gray (5Y 4/1) fine distinct mottles; massive parts to weak very coarse platy, and weak fine angular blocky; very hard, friable; 0.5 roots; 3 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22329
    C1—107 to 124 centimeters (42.1 to 48.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silt loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine prominent and 21 percent gray (5Y 5/1) medium distinct mottles; 0.5 roots; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A22330. varved
    C2—124 to 147 centimeters (48.8 to 57.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; silty clay loam; 21 percent gray (5Y 5/1) fine and medium distinct and 21 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; massive; firm; 0.1 roots; 1 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22331. varved with thin layers of silt loam;
    C3—147 to 173 centimeters (57.9 to 68.1 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) and olive gray (5Y 5/2), pale yellow (5Y 7/3) and light gray (5Y 7/2), dry; silty clay; 3 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; 25 percent gypsum masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A22332. coats on varves; varved;