IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Williams
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 54ND105001
  • User Pedon ID: 54ND105001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 54ND105001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0134
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32676
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 48.4169444
  • Std. Longitude: -103.8208333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 157 N
  • Range: 102 W.
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 260 feet west and 160 feet north of southeast corner Section 14, T.157N., R.102W.
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND105—Williams
  • MLRA: 53A—Northern Dark Brown Glaciated Plains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C.A. Mogen
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Williams
  • Classificaton Date - 7/22/1954
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: knoll
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/22/1954 (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

    HECOC8

    KOELE

    NAVI4

    PASM

    Hesperostipa comata ssp. comata

    Koeleria

    Nassella viridula

    Pascopyrum smithii

    needle and thread

    Junegrass

    green needlegrass

    western wheatgrass

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—20

    8—28

    28—58

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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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    270

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    A1—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A00967; dry when described;
    A2—4 to 8 centimeters (1.6 to 3.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; weak medium prismatic parts to weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A00968; dry when described;
    Bt1—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dry; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate and strong fine and medium angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A00969; dry when described;
    Bt2—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A00970; dry when described;
    Bk1—28 to 58 centimeters (11.0 to 22.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable; 21 percent noncoherent cemented carbonate threads; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A00971; dry when described;
    Bk2—58 to 99 centimeters (22.8 to 39.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), dry; weak medium angular blocky parts to moderate very fine angular blocky structure; hard, friable; 1 percent noncoherent cemented carbonate threads; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A00972; dry when described;
    C—99 to 152 centimeters (39.0 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; weak medium angular blocky parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; hard, friable; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A00973; dry when described;