IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Forman
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 56ND081005
  • User Pedon ID: 56ND081005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0051
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32593
  • Print Date: 4/15/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 485 feet west and 560 feet south of north quarter corner of Section 16, T.130N., R.55W.
  • State: North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Wesley M. Larsen
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Forman
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/1956
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/10/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; slightly hard, friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00366
    B21—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and black (10YR 2/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; moderate medium prismatic, and angular blocky structure; hard, friable; distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A00367. continuous - phpvsfiid 89787; continuous - phpvsfiid 89787
    B22—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and black (10YR 2/1), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; moderate medium prismatic, and angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A00368. continuous - phpvsfiid 89788; continuous - phpvsfiid 89788
    B3ca—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry; 21 percent white (2.5Y 8/1) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; faint clay films; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A00369. continuous - phpvsfiid 89789; continuous - phpvsfiid 89789
    Cca—56 to 84 centimeters (22.0 to 33.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A00370
    C1—84 to 112 centimeters (33.1 to 44.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; weak fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A00371
    C2—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; weak fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A00372