IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lemert
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1981ND037009
  • User Pedon ID: 1981ND037009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 81ND037009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 81ND037009
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70151
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 46.3305556
  • Std. Longitude: -101.1030556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2100 feet east and 1300 feet north of the SW corner of sec. 15, T. 133 N., R. 83 W.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND037—Grant
  • MLRA: 54—Rolling Soft Shale Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND037—Grant County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Thiele
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lemert
  • Classificaton Date - 9/22/1981
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/22/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind and water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ARFR4

    BOGR2

    PASM

    Artemisia frigida

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Pascopyrum smithii

    prairie sagewort

    blue grama

    western wheatgrass

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    natric horizon

    0—25

    13—25

    13—25

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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

    4

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.1 medium roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0699
    E—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak very thin platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0700
    Bt—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; sandy clay loam; strong coarse columnar parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; clay films between sand grains; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0701
    Bkz—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; sandy loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 10 percent coarse irregular salt masses and 25 percent medium spherical noncoherent cemented lime masses and 25 percent medium threadlike noncoherent cemented carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0702
    BC—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loamy sand; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0703
    C1—61 to 91 centimeters (24.0 to 35.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loamy sand; massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0704
    C2—91 to 152 centimeters (35.8 to 59.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), light gray (5Y 7/2), dry; loamy sand; massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; fragments. Lab sample # NDSU0705