IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gardena
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1988ND091093
  • User Pedon ID: 1988ND091093
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0245
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61349
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 148 N
  • Range: 54 W
  • Section: 48
  • PLSS Details: 300'N and 1000'E of SW 48-148-54
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND091—Steele
  • MLRA: 56—Red River Valley of the North
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND091—Steele County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, frigid Pachic Hapludolls
  • 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 - Gardena
  • Classificaton Date - 10/31/1988
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gardena
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, frigid Pachic Hapludolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/31/1988
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lacustrine deposits
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/31/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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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; silt loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots; 2.0 very fine pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. 89P1399
    A—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots; 2.0 very fine pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. 89P1400
    Bw1—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. 89P1401
    Bw2—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. 89P1402
    Bk—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine pores; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. 89P1403
    C1—76 to 122 centimeters (29.9 to 48.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), dry; silt loam; 1 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine faint mottles; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine and 1.0 fine pores; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. 89P1404; horizon has some soft Fe concretions formed along old root channels
    C2—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), dry; silt loam; 5 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and 5 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine distinct mottles; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine and 1.0 fine pores; fragments; slight effervescence. 89P1405; horizon has some Fe concretions formed along old root channels