IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Morton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 58ND089016
  • User Pedon ID: 58ND089016
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 58ND089016
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0085
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32627
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 175 feet west and 190 feet north of east quarter corner of Section 1, T.139N., R.96W.
  • State: North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: K.E. Larson
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Morton
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/1958
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/24/1958 (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

    BOGR2

    CAFI

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Carex filifolia

    blue grama

    threadleaf sedge

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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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    0

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; moderate medium parts to weak fine angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00607
    B21—10 to 33 centimeters (3.9 to 13.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; moderate fine and medium prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A00608
    B22—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; moderate fine and medium prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00609
    B3—48 to 69 centimeters (18.9 to 27.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; strong medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A00610
    Cca1—69 to 94 centimeters (27.2 to 37.0 inches); olive (5Y 4/3), pale olive (5Y 6/4), dry; 1 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/3) fine prominent mottles; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00611
    Cca2—94 to 117 centimeters (37.0 to 46.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) crushed and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light gray (5Y 7/2) crushed and pale olive (5Y 6/3), dry; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) coarse prominent mottles; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00612
    C1—117 to 137 centimeters (46.1 to 53.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak coarse platy structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00613
    C2—137 to 152 centimeters (53.9 to 59.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium platy structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A00614