IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sen
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 59ND033001
  • User Pedon ID: 59ND033001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0109
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32651
  • 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: 46.8941667
  • Std. Longitude: -103.9911111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1320 feet north and 1275 feet east of southeast corner of Section 36, T.140N., R.106W. Approximately 166 feet north of east-west running swale; on knoll and approximately 100 feet south of base of slope.
  • State: North Dakota
  • MLRA: 54—Rolling Soft Shale Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Lloyd Shoesmith
  • 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 - Sen
  • Classificaton Date - 8/17/1959
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/17/1959 (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

    calcic horizon

    0—28

    28—71

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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

    5

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    338

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; weak granular, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A00785
    Bw—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and dark brown (10YR 3/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3) and brown (10YR 5/3), dry; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A00786. patchy - phpvsfiid 90589; patchy - phpvsfiid 90589
    Bk1—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3) and pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; weak coarse prismatic parts to fine and medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A00787. patchy - phpvsfiid 90590; patchy - phpvsfiid 90590
    Bk2—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2) and light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; weak medium platy parts to weak fine angular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; clay films on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent medium carbonate nodules; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A00788. patchy - phpvsfiid 90591; patchy - phpvsfiid 90591
    Bk3—61 to 71 centimeters (24.0 to 28.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2) and light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; medium and coarse angular blocky structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 roots; clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A00789. patchy - phpvsfiid 90592; patchy - phpvsfiid 90592
    C1—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2), light gray (5Y 7/2), dry; weak medium and coarse angular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A00790
    C2—86 to 117 centimeters (33.9 to 46.1 inches); olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) and yellow (2.5Y 7/6) and light gray (5Y 7/2), yellow (2.5Y 8/6) and pale yellow (2.5Y 8/4) and white (5Y 8/1), dry; weak fine platy structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent medium iron concretions; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A00791
    C3—117 to 142 centimeters (46.1 to 55.9 inches); yellow (2.5Y 7/6) and pale yellow (5Y 7/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 8/4) and pale yellow (5Y 8/3), dry; weak fine platy, and weak fine angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A00792
    C4—142 to 163 centimeters (55.9 to 64.2 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) and pale olive (5Y 6/3) and pale yellow (5Y 7/4), light gray (5Y 7/2) and pale yellow (5Y 7/3) and pale yellow (5Y 8/4), dry; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1 percent medium iron concretions; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A00793