IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ulen
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 55ND021502
  • User Pedon ID: 55ND021502
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 55ND021502
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72529
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 46.0636111
  • Std. Longitude: -98.0688889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 50 ft. NNE of the point 940 ft. S., 160 ft. E., NW cor., sec. 22, T. 130 N., R. 59 W.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND021—Dickey
  • MLRA: 55B—Central Black Glaciated Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND021—Dickey County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: ELJ
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ulen
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1955
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: lake plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1955 (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

    calcic horizon

    0—33

    33—56

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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
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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; loamy fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU2298
    A—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; loamy fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU2300
    Bk1—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU2302
    Bk2—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), dry; fine sand; 25 percent pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2) coarse mottles; single grain; loose; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU2304
    C1—76 to 112 centimeters (29.9 to 44.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), dry; fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU2306
    C2—112 to 137 centimeters (44.1 to 53.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU2308
    C3—137 to 168 centimeters (53.9 to 66.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), dry; fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU2310
    C4—168 to 193 centimeters (66.1 to 76.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), olive gray (5Y 5/2), dry; fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments. Lab sample # NDSU2312