IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Exline
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1977ND035008
  • User Pedon ID: 1977ND035008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 77ND035008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71507
  • User Project ID: 2026-SI-NCFAR-002
  • Project Name: MLRA 56 - Displaced Lake Plain Soils
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 48.0013718
  • Std. Longitude: -97.7317836
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 152 N
  • Range: 55 W
  • Section: 7
  • Location Description: 85 feet west and 1600 feet south of the northeast corner of section 7, T. 152 N., R. 55 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: J.A. Doolittle
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Leptic Natrudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Exline
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1981
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Exline
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, frigid Leptic Natrudolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/18/1977
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/18/1977 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 36
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop 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—61

    20—61

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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

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    90

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    Apz—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 25 percent fine salt masses throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU2181; moist when described;. Apz has a thin gray (10YR 5/1) platy coatings on surface.
    Btnz—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 10 percent sand coats on faces of peds and 30 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent fine salt masses throughout; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # NDSU2183; moist when described;
    Btnyz—20 to 61 centimeters (7.9 to 24.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay; weak medium prismatic parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 10 percent fine salt masses throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU2185; moist when described;
    Bky—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 10 percent fine and medium gypsum crystals, unspecified throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # NDSU2187; moist when described;
    Bk—84 to 107 centimeters (33.1 to 42.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; clay loam; 10 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine distinct mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU2189; moist when described;
    BCk—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; silty clay loam; 5 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine and 5 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine and 5 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine mottles; massive; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent fine and medium gypsum crystal clusters throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # NDSU2191