IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Colvin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 60ND021119
  • User Pedon ID: 60ND021119
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 60ND021119
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70157
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 46.2819444
  • Std. Longitude: -98.2486111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 570'S & 1,780'E of the NW corner of sec.6. T.132N., R.60W.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND021—Dickey
  • MLRA: 55B—Central Black Glaciated Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND021—Dickey County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: FS
  • 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 - Colvin
  • Classificaton Date - 10/12/1960
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: lake plain
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/12/1960 (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—15

    15—49

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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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    Ap—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (2.5Y 2/1), dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), dry; silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine granular structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1486. A horizon is massive peds 1 to 2 feet in diameter when dry. Small snail shells are common in the Bkg Shells are present in the Akzgb Tongues of A material in the Bkz along cracks.
    A—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); black (2.5Y 2/1), dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), dry; silty clay; strong very fine and fine granular structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1487
    Bkz—15 to 27 centimeters (5.9 to 10.6 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), gray (2.5Y 6/1), dry; silty clay; 10 percent white (2.5Y 8/1) fine prominent mottles; moderate fine granular structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1488
    Bkg—27 to 39 centimeters (10.6 to 15.4 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), gray (5Y 5/1), dry; silty clay; weak very fine and fine granular structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1489
    Bkzg—39 to 49 centimeters (15.4 to 19.3 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), gray (5Y 5/1) and gray (5Y 6/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 10 percent medium lime masses and 10 percent medium salt masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1490
    Akzgb—49 to 62 centimeters (19.3 to 24.4 inches); black (5Y 2/1), dark gray (5Y 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 25 percent fine lime masses and 25 percent fine salt masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # NDSU1491