IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Miranda
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976ND035031
  • User Pedon ID: 1976ND035031
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 76ND035031
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72028
  • 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: 47.9838889
  • Std. Longitude: -97.7941667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 180 feet east and 545 feet north of the SW corner of sec. 14, T. 152 N., R. 56 W.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND035—Grand Forks
  • MLRA: 56—Red River Valley of the North
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND035—Grand Forks County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DEV
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Miranda
  • Classificaton Date - 7/15/1976
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: till plain
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Bedrock: shale, unspecified
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/15/1976 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous 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

    natric horizon

    0—43

    10—43

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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

    5

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    180

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    E—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; moderate very thin platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU2283
    Btn—10 to 43 centimeters (3.9 to 16.9 inches); black (N 2/0), very dark gray (N 3/0), dry; strong coarse and very coarse columnar parts to strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, coats on tops of soil columns; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU2284
    BCz—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); dark olive gray (5Y 3/2), olive gray (5Y 5/2), dry; 25 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine and medium prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine salt masses throughout and 1 percent fine gypsum masses throughout; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU2285
    2Cr—64 to 152 centimeters (25.2 to 59.8 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) and dark gray (5Y 4/1); fragments. Lab sample # NDSU2286