IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vallers
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1984ND067514
  • User Pedon ID: 1984ND067514
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 1984ND067514
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 84ND067514
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70411
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024

    • 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: 47.9230566
  • Std. Longitude: -98.0203075
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: SW1/4 SW1/4 SE1/4 sec.1, T.151N., R.58W.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND063—Nelson
  • MLRA: 55B—Central Black Glaciated Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND063—Nelson County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Arndt, D. Moen, M. Morrison
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Calciaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Vallers
  • Classificaton Date - 7/31/1984
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Vallers
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Calciaquolls
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • Classificaton Date - 7/31/1984
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/31/1984 (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

    HOJU

    MEAR4

    SPPE

    Hordeum jubatum

    Mentha arvensis

    Spartina pectinata

    foxtail barley

    wild mint

    prairie cordgrass

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

    mollic epipedon

    calcic horizon

    0—41

    30—58

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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

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    A—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1938; moist when described;
    ABk—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1939; moist when described;
    Bk—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1940; moist when described;
    C—58 to 74 centimeters (22.8 to 29.1 inches); dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) clay; 10 percent olive (5Y 4/4) medium prominent mottles; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1941; wet when described;
    Cy1—74 to 89 centimeters (29.1 to 35.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; noncoherent cemented very dark brown (10YR 2/2) masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent medium spherical gypsum masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1942; wet when described;
    Cy2—89 to 107 centimeters (35.0 to 42.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; noncoherent cemented black (N 2/) iron-manganese masses; 10 percent medium spherical gypsum masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # NDSU1943, NDSU1944; wet when described;