IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Niobell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 58ND013002
  • User Pedon ID: 58ND013002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0071
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32613
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024

    • 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: 48.7783333
  • Std. Longitude: -102.1702778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 0.15 mile east and 80 feet south of northwest corner of Section 13, T.161N., R.89W.
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND013—Burke
  • MLRA: 53B—Central Dark Brown Glaciated Plains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Robert L. Howey
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Niobell
  • Classificaton Date - 7/31/1958
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: till plain
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/31/1958 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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

    argillic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—33

    13—33

    41—79

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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

    1

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    579

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    381

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    3.3

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine granular structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00501; moist when described;
    Bt1—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; loam; moderate fine and medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry, clay films and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist,; fragments. Lab sample # 40A00502; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 90597; continuous - phpvsfiid 90597
    Bt2—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), dry; loam; moderate fine and medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry, clay films and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist,; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A00503; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 90599; continuous - phpvsfiid 90599
    Bk—33 to 41 centimeters (13.0 to 16.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; clay loam; weak prismatic parts to weak angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A00504; moist when described;
    Bky—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; clay loam; weak subangular blocky, and weak granular structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fine gypsum crystal clusters throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A00505; moist when described;
    Bk—58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); olive (5Y 4/3), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; clay loam; weak angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A00506; moist when described;
    C1—79 to 109 centimeters (31.1 to 42.9 inches); olive (5Y 4/3), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; clay loam; 3 percent gray (5Y 5/1) medium distinct mottles; weak angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 25 percent carbonate nodules and fine gypsum crystal clusters throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A00507; moist when described;
    C2—109 to 155 centimeters (42.9 to 61.0 inches); olive (5Y 4/3), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; clay loam; 3 percent gray (5Y 5/1) medium distinct mottles; weak angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A00508; moist when described;. Separated for sampling.