IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wyard
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 55ND027503
  • User Pedon ID: 55ND027503
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 55ND027503
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71652
  • Print Date: 4/26/2025

    • 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: 47.6411111
  • Std. Longitude: -99.2111111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 148 N
  • Range: 67 N
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 58 ft. SW of the point 1,240 ft. S., 50 ft. W., NE corner, SE1/4 sec. 9, T. 148 N., R. 67 N.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND027—Eddy
  • MLRA: 55B—Central Black Glaciated Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND027—Eddy County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: ELJ
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wyard
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1955
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: till 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

    cambic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—33

    33—56

    56—122

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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 brown (10YR 2/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; loam; massive parts to weak and moderate fine subangular blocky; friable; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU2260
    A—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; loam; massive parts to weak and moderate fine subangular blocky; friable; fragments smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU2261
    Bw—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), olive gray (5Y 5/2), dry; loam; massive parts to moderate fine and medium granular; friable; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU2262
    Bk1—56 to 86 centimeters (22.0 to 33.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; loam; massive parts to moderate fine and medium granular; friable; 25 percent coarse noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1) carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU2263
    Bk2—86 to 122 centimeters (33.9 to 48.0 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2), light gray (5Y 7/2), dry; loam; massive parts to weak fine granular; friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU2264
    C1—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); olive (5Y 4/3), olive (5Y 5/3), dry; loam; 1 percent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/8) medium distinct mottles; massive parts to weak fine granular; friable; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # NDSU2265
    C2—152 to 213 centimeters (59.8 to 83.9 inches); olive (5Y 5/4), pale olive (5Y 6/4), dry; loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; massive parts to weak fine granular; friable; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # NDSU2266, NDSU2267