IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Moreau
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 54ND041002
  • User Pedon ID: 54ND041002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0097
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32639
  • 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: 46.4266667
  • Std. Longitude: -102.7383333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 140 feet south and 80 feet east of northwest corner Section 15, T.134N., R.96W.
  • 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
  • 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

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—18

    18—30

    56—74

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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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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A00692
    Bw—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; moderate very fine and fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1 percent noncoherent cemented lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A00693
    Bk—30 to 56 centimeters (11.8 to 22.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; 1 percent pale yellow (5Y 7/3) fine distinct mottles; weak fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent noncoherent cemented carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A00694
    Bky—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) and olive (5Y 5/3), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; moderate fine angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A00695
    Cr1—74 to 102 centimeters (29.1 to 40.2 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2), light gray (5Y 7/2), dry; 3 percent light gray (5Y 7/2) fine distinct and 21 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) fine distinct and 21 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium platy parts to fine angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A00696
    Cr2—102 to 114 centimeters (40.2 to 44.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2), pale yellow (5Y 7/3), dry; strong medium platy structure; hard, friable; dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, coats and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dry, coats; fragments. Lab sample # 40A00697
    Cr3—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) and olive (5Y 5/3), light gray (5Y 7/2), dry; strong medium platy structure; hard, friable; brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), dry, coats and dark gray (5Y 4/1), moist, coats and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, coats and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, iron stains; fragments. Lab sample # 40A00698