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:
11/11/2024
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