IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Magnus
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 58ND089019
  • User Pedon ID: 58ND089019
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0094
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32636
  • Print Date: 4/18/2025

    • 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: 46.9630556
  • Std. Longitude: -102.3386111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 200 feet south and 45 feet west of north quarter corner, Section 7, T.140, R.92W.
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND089—Stark
  • MLRA: 54—Rolling Soft Shale Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: K.E. Larson
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Magnus
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/1958
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    0—119

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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 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), dark gray (5Y 4/1), dry; strong fine granular structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00671
    Bt1—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1), dark gray (5Y 4/1), dry; weak coarse prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 roots; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00672. continuous - phpvsfiid 89138; continuous - phpvsfiid 89138
    Bt2—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1), dark gray (5Y 4/1), dry; weak coarse prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 roots; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00673. continuous - phpvsfiid 89139; continuous - phpvsfiid 89139
    Bty1—46 to 71 centimeters (18.1 to 28.0 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1), dark gray (5Y 4/1), dry; strong fine angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; clay films on vertical faces of peds; 25 percent coarse noncoherent cemented light gray (2.5Y 7/2) lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00674. patchy - phpvsfiid 89140; patchy - phpvsfiid 89140
    Bty2—71 to 97 centimeters (28.0 to 38.2 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1), dark gray (5Y 4/1), dry; strong fine angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; clay films on vertical faces of peds; 25 percent coarse noncoherent cemented light gray (5Y 7/2) lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00675. Split for laboratory purposes.; patchy - phpvsfiid 89141; patchy - phpvsfiid 89141
    Cy—97 to 119 centimeters (38.2 to 46.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), olive gray (5Y 5/2), dry; moderate fine angular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00676
    C—119 to 155 centimeters (46.9 to 61.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), olive gray (5Y 5/2), dry; moderate fine angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A00677