IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Moreau
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 61ND087001
  • User Pedon ID: 61ND087001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 61ND087001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 61ND087001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71856
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 46.3641667
  • Std. Longitude: -103.1497222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1250'E & 480'S of the NW corner of sce.5, T.133N., R.99W.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND087—Slope
  • MLRA: 54—Rolling Soft Shale Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND087—Slope County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A. Bahr
  • 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 - Moreau
  • Classificaton Date - 10/24/1961
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Bedrock: shale, unspecified
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/24/1961 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BOGR2

    NAVI4

    PASM

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Nassella viridula

    Pascopyrum smithii

    blue grama

    green needlegrass

    western wheatgrass

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    0—7

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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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    A1—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay; moderate fine granular structure; 3.0 roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; clear boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0797. Cr horizon is laminated shale with yellowish brown stains of surfaces of plates.
    A2—1 to 3 centimeters (0.4 to 1.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; clay; strong very fine granular structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0796
    A3—3 to 5 centimeters (1.2 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry; clay; strong very fine angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 roots throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0795
    Bw1—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong very fine angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 roots throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0794
    Bw2—10 to 17 centimeters (3.9 to 6.7 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 roots throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0793
    By1—17 to 24 centimeters (6.7 to 9.4 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; clay; weak very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.1 roots throughout; 25 percent fine gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # NDSU0792
    By2—24 to 28 centimeters (9.4 to 11.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; 0.1 roots throughout; 25 percent fine gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # NDSU0791
    Cr—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches); gray (5Y 5/1), gray (5Y 6/1), dry; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 roots throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # NDSU0790