IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bottineau
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1980ND071067
  • User Pedon ID: 1980ND071067
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 80ND071067
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 80ND071067
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70593
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 48.0522222
  • Std. Longitude: -98.9138889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 950 feet north and 1,070 feet east of the southwest corner of sec. 20, T. 153 N., R. 64 W.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND071—Ramsey
  • MLRA: 55A—Northern Black Glaciated Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND071—Ramsey County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J.T., D.P.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Alfic Argiudolls
  • 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 - Bottineau (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/21/2015
  • Classifier - Alan R. Gulsvig
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bottineau
  • Classificaton Date - 9/30/1980
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: till plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/30/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    QUMA2

    Quercus macrocarpa

    bur oak

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    5—25

    25—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

    3

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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # NDSU1249; moist when described;
    A—5 to 25 centimeters (2.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; loam; strong fine subangular blocky parts to strong medium granular structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 30 percent sand coats on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1250; moist when described;. Sand grains are uncoated.
    Bt1—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots and 3.0 coarse roots; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on upper surfaces of peds or rocks and 60 percent sand coats on faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1251; moist when described;. Sand grains are uncoated.; continuous - phpvsfiid 89963; continuous - phpvsfiid 89963
    Bk—43 to 76 centimeters (16.9 to 29.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1252; dry when described;
    C1—76 to 135 centimeters (29.9 to 53.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; loam; massive; hard when dry, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 25 percent coarse irregular noncoherent cemented lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1253; dry when described;. Few shale chips in this horizon.
    C2—135 to 152 centimeters (53.1 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; loam; 1 percent red (2.5YR 5/8) fine prominent and 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium prominent and 10 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; massive; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # NDSU1254; dry when described;. Common shale chips in this horizon.