IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Morton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 54ND041003
  • User Pedon ID: 54ND041003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 54ND041003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0084
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32626
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 0.15 mile east of northwest corner Section 17, T.136N., R.95W.
  • State: North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C.A. Mogen
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Morton
  • Classificaton Date - 7/20/1954
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ARFR4

    BOGR2

    CAFI

    HECOC8

    PASM

    PEAR6

    Artemisia frigida

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Carex filifolia

    Hesperostipa comata ssp. comata

    Pascopyrum smithii

    Pediomelum argophyllum

    prairie sagewort

    blue grama

    threadleaf sedge

    needle and thread

    western wheatgrass

    silverleaf Indian breadroot

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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

    3

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    135

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    A11—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A00599
    A12—6 to 15 centimeters (2.4 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; moderate medium prismatic structure; hard, very friable; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 40A00600
    B21—15 to 29 centimeters (5.9 to 11.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 40A00601
    B22—29 to 46 centimeters (11.4 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; moderate medium prismatic parts to fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 40A00602
    B3ca—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to weak medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, very friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A00603. In this horizon there is a band, 3 inches thick, of yellow.
    Cca—66 to 84 centimeters (26.0 to 33.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), pale yellow (5Y 7/3), dry; weak coarse prismatic, and weak fine angular blocky structure; very hard, friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A00604
    Ccs—84 to 114 centimeters (33.1 to 44.9 inches);, pale yellow (5Y 7/3), dry; olive (5Y 4/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and 3 percent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/8) medium distinct mottles; moderate fine angular blocky structure; very hard, friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A00605
    C—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light gray (5Y 7/1) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and olive gray (5Y 4/2), dry; moderate very fine and fine angular blocky structure; very hard, firm; fragments. Lab sample # 40A00606