IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Colvin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1967ND099004
  • User Pedon ID: 1967ND099004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2827
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37406
  • 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: 48.3836111
  • Std. Longitude: -97.3038889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 157 N
  • Range: 52 W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 1040 feet west and 150 feet north of the SE corner
  • Location Description: 1040 feet west and 150 feet north of southeast corner Section 26, T.157N., R.52W.; approximately 5 miles east and 2 miles south of Grafton, North Dakota.
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND099—Walsh
  • MLRA: 56—Red River Valley of the North

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R.L. 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—36

    36—86

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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

    1

    —

    —

    —

    —

    180

    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), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22333
    Ak—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and very dark gray (5Y 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1) and gray (5Y 5/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 3.0 roots; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear broken boundary. Lab sample # 40A22334
    Bk1—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1), gray (5Y 6/1) and light gray (5Y 7/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.1 roots; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A22335
    Bk2—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3) and light gray (5Y 7/2), dry; silt loam; 21 percent dark gray (5Y 4/1) fine distinct and 21 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine distinct mottles; massive parts to weak coarse platy; hard, very friable; 0.1 roots; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A22336
    Bk3—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 0.1 roots; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A22337. masses of dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) krotovinas
    C1—86 to 107 centimeters (33.9 to 42.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; silty clay loam; 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.1 fine roots; 1 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A22338
    C2—107 to 127 centimeters (42.1 to 50.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; silty clay loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct and 21 percent gray (5Y 5/1) fine distinct mottles; massive; firm; 0.1 fine roots; 1 percent lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A22339. varved
    C3—127 to 163 centimeters (50.0 to 64.2 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2), pale yellow (5Y 7/3), dry; silty clay loam; 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium prominent and 21 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine distinct mottles; massive; very hard, firm; 0.1 fine roots; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A22340. varved