IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Forman
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
1988ND091507
User Pedon ID:
1988ND091507
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
NDSU
Lab Pedon # -
88ND091507
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
70777
Print Date:
11/11/2024
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:
47.3316753
Std. Longitude:
-97.7611630
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
E1/2 of the SW1/4 of the SE1/4 of sec. 35, T. 145 N., R. 56 W.
Country:
US—United States
State:
North Dakota
County:
ND091—Steele
MLRA:
55B—Central Black Glaciated Plains
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
ND091—Steele County, North Dakota
PEDON
Describers Name:
Yassin
Current Taxon Kind:
taxadjunct
Pedon Type:
taxadjunct to the series
Pedon Purpose:
research site
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from PDP 3.x
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Forman
Classificaton Date -
6/11/1988
Moisture Class -
udic
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landscape:
till plain
Landform:
ground moraine
Drainage Class:
well
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
6/11/1988 (actual site observation date)
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
crop cover
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Drained? -
no
Bedded Soil? -
no
Forest Plantation? -
no
Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
mollic epipedon
argillic horizon
0—43
20—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
11
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180
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Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) loam; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU2028. The Ap horizon has cloddy structure.
Bw(Bt)—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay loam; moderate fine and medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine continuous tubular pores; organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU2029. Vertical pores are in the Bw horizon.
BCk—43 to 84 centimeters (16.9 to 33.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silt loam; moderate fine and medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 fine roots; 0.1 fine continuous tubular pores; gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU2030. Vertical pores are in the BCk horizon. Disseminated lime in the BCk horizon. Gypsum crystals localized at the lower boundary of the BCk.
C—84 to 109 centimeters (33.1 to 42.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 fine roots; 0.1 fine continuous tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # NDSU2031. Vertical pores are in the C horizon. Clay lenses in the C horizon.