IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Perella
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978ND035021
  • User Pedon ID: 1978ND035021
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 78ND035021
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70215
  • 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: 48.1863889
  • Std. Longitude: -97.1730556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 154 N
  • Range: 51 W
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 2,600 feet south and 1,056 feet west of the northwest corner of section 3, T. 154 N., R. 51 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-silty, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Endoaquolls
  • 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
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Perella
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1981
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Perella
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Endoaquolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/12/1978
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • QC Status: level 2


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-silty glaciolacustrine deposits
  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: lake plain
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/12/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 8
  • 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

    0—51

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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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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine and medium granular structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU2199; moist when described;. Cracks filled with black (10YR2/1) material extend to depths of 24 inches.
    Bw1—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU2201; moist when described;
    Bw2—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # NDSU2203; moist when described;
    Bk—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silty clay loam; 1 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) fine distinct and 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine prominent mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # NDSU2205; moist when described;
    C1—71 to 122 centimeters (28.0 to 48.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine prominent and 10 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) medium distinct mottles; massive; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU2207; moist when described;
    C2—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); gray (5Y 6/1), white (5Y 8/1), dry; silty clay; 10 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium prominent and 25 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) coarse prominent mottles; massive; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # NDSU2208; moist when described;