IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Easby
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1983ND019250
  • User Pedon ID: 1983ND019250
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 83ND019250
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 83ND019250
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72351
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 48.7166667
  • Std. Longitude: -98.2583333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 160N.
  • Range: 59W.
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 2125' W & 525' S of the NE corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND019—Cavalier
  • MLRA: 55A—Northern Black Glaciated Plains
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-DVL—Devils Lake, North Dakota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND019—Cavalier County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Calciaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Easby (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/4/2017
  • Classifier - Alan R. Gulsvig
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Easby
  • Classificaton Date - 10/26/1983
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • QC Status: level 3


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-loamy till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: flat
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/26/1983 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • 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

    KOSC

    Kochia scoparia

    Mexican-fireweed

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

    mollic epipedon

    calcic horizon

    salt accumulations

    gypsum accumulations

    reduced matrix

    redox concentrations

    0—18

    18—56

    18—28

    18—56

    28—109

    28—109

    —18—

    —56—

    —10—

    —38—

    —81—

    —81—
    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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    270

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; few (0.1) fine roots; 1 percent fine salt masses throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1167
    ABkyz—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; few (0.1) very fine roots; 1 percent fine gypsum masses throughout and 1 percent fine salt masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1168
    Bky—28 to 56 centimeters (11.0 to 22.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; clay loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine prominent and 10 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) medium prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent fine prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent medium prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 10 percent fine gypsum masses throughout and 10 percent fine lime masses throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1169
    C1—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; clay loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium prominent and 1 percent gray (10YR 6/1) medium prominent and 10 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) medium distinct mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1 percent medium prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 1 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 3 percent medium distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 10 percent fine gypsum masses throughout and 1 percent fine lime masses throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1170
    C2—76 to 109 centimeters (29.9 to 42.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; loam; 1 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) medium prominent and 1 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) fine prominent and 10 percent gray (10YR 6/1) medium prominent and 25 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium prominent mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1 percent medium prominent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 1 percent fine prominent dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent medium prominent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 21 percent medium prominent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1171
    C3—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; loam; 1 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) fine prominent and 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent and 1 percent gray (10YR 6/1) fine prominent mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 1 percent fine prominent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 1 percent fine prominent dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # NDSU1172