IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Niobell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 58ND101003
  • User Pedon ID: 58ND101003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0028
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32570
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 48.6697222
  • Std. Longitude: -102.1594444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 0.1 mile west and 200 feet north of the center of Section 22, T.160N., R.89W.
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND101—Ward
  • MLRA: 53B—Central Dark Brown Glaciated Plains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Robert L. Howey
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Niobell
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1958
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: till plain
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1958 (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

    natric horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—25

    33—53

    33—53

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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

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    579

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    381

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    3.3

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; weak subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine and fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00205
    E1—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; weak medium prismatic parts to weak angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A00206
    E2—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; weak prismatic, and platy, and angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A00207
    Btn1—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; moderate fine prismatic parts to strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry, clay films on faces of peds and dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A00208. prisms are flat-topped and frosted with silica; continuous - phpvsfiid 89123; continuous - phpvsfiid 89124; continuous - phpvsfiid 89123; continuous - phpvsfiid 89124
    Btn2—46 to 53 centimeters (18.1 to 20.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; moderate medium prismatic parts to angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry, clay films on faces of peds and olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A00209. without significant segregated lime; continuous - phpvsfiid 89125; continuous - phpvsfiid 89126; continuous - phpvsfiid 89125; continuous - phpvsfiid 89126
    Bky—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); olive (5Y 5/3), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; weak subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; 21 percent gypsum crystal clusters; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A00210
    Bk—69 to 102 centimeters (27.2 to 40.2 inches); olive (5Y 5/3), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; weak subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; gypsum crystal clusters and 1 percent fine lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A00211
    C1—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); olive (5Y 4/3), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; weak angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1 percent lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A00212
    C2—127 to 155 centimeters (50.0 to 61.0 inches); olive (5Y 4/3), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; weak angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1 percent gypsum crystal clusters; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A00213