IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Morton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1975ND025101
  • User Pedon ID: 1975ND025101
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 75ND025001B
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 75ND025001B
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70707
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 47.2955556
  • Std. Longitude: -102.5800000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1,940 feet west and 1,520 feet south of the NE corner of Sec. 15, T. 144 N., R. 94 W.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND025—Dunn
  • MLRA: 54—Rolling Soft Shale Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND025—Dunn County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M. Wright, M. Roningen
  • 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
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Morton
  • Classificaton Date - 10/21/1975
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: plain
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: siltstone, unspecified
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/21/1975 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind and water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PASM

    Pascopyrum smithii

    western wheatgrass

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—41

    13—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

    3

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; moderate granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1453
    Bt1—13 to 41 centimeters (5.1 to 16.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dry; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine pores; 55 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1454
    Bt2—41 to 69 centimeters (16.1 to 27.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine pores; 30 percent faint clay films; fragments; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1455
    Bk—69 to 94 centimeters (27.2 to 37.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak thin platy structure; 0.1 fine roots throughout; 10 percent fine lime masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1456
    Cr1—94 to 152 centimeters (37.0 to 59.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; 10 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) coarse distinct mottles; 0.1 fine roots throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1457. Cr1 and Cr2 are soft siltstone
    Cr2—152 to 229 centimeters (59.8 to 90.2 inches); olive (5Y 4/3), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; 1 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) medium faint mottles; 0.1 fine roots throughout; 1 percent salt masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1458. Cr1 and Cr2 are soft siltstone.
    Cr3—229 to 305 centimeters (90.2 to 120.1 inches); fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # NDSU1459. The Cr3 is multi-colored, mottled soft siltstone.