IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fairdale
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1977ND035028
  • User Pedon ID: 1977ND035028
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 77ND035028
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69192
  • User Project ID: MLRA 56_2022-07
  • Project Name: EVAL - MLRA 56 - Fairdale units
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 47.7991667
  • Std. Longitude: -96.9791667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1,310 feet south and 405 feet east of the northwest corner of section 19, T. 150 N., R. 49 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: JAD
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, calcareous, frigid Mollic Udifluvents
  • 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 - Fairdale
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1981
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fairdale
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, calcareous, frigid Mollic Udifluvents
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/14/1977
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-loamy alluvium
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/14/1977 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine granular structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU2194; moist when described;. Layer of partially decomposed organic matter at lower boundary in the C2 horizon.
    C1—18 to 58 centimeters (7.1 to 22.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay; 1 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine and medium distinct and 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) fine and medium prominent mottles; strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU2195; moist when described;
    C2—58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) and very dark gray (5Y 3/1), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and gray (5Y 5/1), dry; silty clay loam; 1 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) fine prominent and 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 1 percent threadlike lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU2196; moist when described;
    C3—79 to 152 centimeters (31.1 to 59.8 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1), gray (5Y 5/1), dry; silty clay loam; 1 percent very dark gray (5YR 3/1) fine prominent and 1 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) fine prominent and 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) fine and medium prominent mottles; weak fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent fine threadlike lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # NDSU2197; moist when described;