IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Exline
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1977ND035009
  • User Pedon ID: 1977ND035009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 77ND035009
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69272
  • User Project ID: 2026-SI-NCFAR-002
  • Project Name: MLRA 56 - Displaced Lake Plain Soils
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 48.0008333
  • Std. Longitude: -97.7319444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 152 N
  • Range: 55 W
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 180 feet west and 1,700 feet south of the northeast corner of sec. 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. Doolittle
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Leptic Natrudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Exline
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1981
  • Classifier - unknown
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Exline
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, frigid Leptic Natrudolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/9/1977
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • QC Status: level 3


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey glaciolacustrine deposits
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: glacial lake (relict)
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/9/1977 (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

    calcic horizon

    0—66

    20—53

    89—102

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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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    Apz—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 10 percent fine salt masses throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU2182. Thin, platy,gray (10YR 5/1) coatings on soil surface.
    Btnyz—20 to 53 centimeters (7.9 to 20.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; clay; weak medium and coarse prismatic parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and weak fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; prominent clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent fine salt masses throughout and 10 percent fine and medium gypsum crystals, unspecified throughout; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # NDSU2184
    Byz—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; clay; weak medium and coarse prismatic parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and weak fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 10 percent fine salt masses throughout and 25 percent fine and medium gypsum crystals, unspecified throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # NDSU2186
    Bk1—66 to 89 centimeters (26.0 to 35.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; clay; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine distinct mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and weak fine and medium angular blocky structure; soft, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # NDSU2188
    Bk2—89 to 102 centimeters (35.0 to 40.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; clay; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine distinct mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and weak fine and medium angular blocky structure; soft, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU2190
    BC—102 to 140 centimeters (40.2 to 55.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and weak fine and medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU2192
    C—140 to 152 centimeters (55.1 to 59.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent and 10 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine and medium mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # NDSU2193