IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Moreau
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 54ND041001
  • User Pedon ID: 54ND041001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0096
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32638
  • Print Date: 4/19/2025

    • 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: 46.4408333
  • Std. Longitude: -102.8216667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 120 feet south and 130 feet west of northeast corner Section 11, T.134N., R.97W.
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND041—Hettinger
  • MLRA: 54—Rolling Soft Shale Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C.A. Mogen
  • 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
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Moreau
  • Classificaton Date - 7/20/1954
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: terrace
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/20/1954 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

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    cambic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—18

    18—74

    74—94

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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

    1

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    90

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), olive gray (5Y 5/2), dry; moderate fine granular, and angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A00685; moist when described;
    Bw1—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) and olive gray (5Y 4/2), olive gray (5Y 5/2), dry; moderate fine angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A00686; moist when described;
    Bw2—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) and dark gray (5Y 4/1), olive gray (5Y 5/2), dry; weak coarse angular blocky parts to moderate very fine and fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A00687; moist when described;
    Bw3—51 to 74 centimeters (20.1 to 29.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; weak coarse angular blocky parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A00688; moist when described;
    Bk—74 to 94 centimeters (29.1 to 37.0 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1), gray (5Y 6/1) and olive gray (5Y 5/2), dry; light gray (10YR 7/2) and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse angular blocky parts to weak very fine angular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 15 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A00689; moist when described;
    Cr1—94 to 132 centimeters (37.0 to 52.0 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1), gray (5Y 6/1) and pale olive (5Y 6/3), dry; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct mottles; moderate very fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm; 1 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A00690; moist when described;
    Cr2—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); gray (5Y 5/1), light gray (5Y 7/1) and pale yellow (5Y 7/3), dry; 1 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) faint mottles; strong very fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm; 1 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified and 1 percent noncoherent cemented lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A00691; moist when described;