IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Belfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 61ND089004
  • User Pedon ID: 61ND089004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 61ND089004
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70703
  • 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: 46.7122222
  • Std. Longitude: -103.1788889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1,380 feet south and 2,630 feet east of the northwest corner of section 4, T. 137 N., R. 99 W.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND089—Stark
  • MLRA: 54—Rolling Soft Shale Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND089—Stark County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DP, FS, KL, FB, CM
  • 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 - Belfield
  • Classificaton Date - 10/18/1961
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/18/1961 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    natric horizon

    0—25

    30—86

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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

    1

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    180

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    A1—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; moderate fine granular parts to weak fine platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; sand coats and 10 percent distinct ; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0301; moist when described;. Few small gravel sockets coated with clay films and with organic matter in the A2. Many pores have rounded edges in the Bwl + Bw2. Prism faces are calcareous but inside of the prisms is strongly calcareous with a few lime modules in the Bw3. Two discontinuous sand layers of 1 1/2 and 1 inch thickness in the Bk horizon and calcareous with prominent white threads of lime 1/64 to 1/32 inch wide showing no diffusion into the soil mass.
    A2—6 to 13 centimeters (2.4 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; strong medium prismatic parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 0.1 medium pores; sand coats and faint clay films on faces of peds and and 1 percent on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0302; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 90642; continuous - phpvsfiid 90643; continuous - phpvsfiid 90642; continuous - phpvsfiid 90643
    A3—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; clay loam; strong medium prismatic parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 0.1 medium and 3.0 fine pores; faint clay films on faces of peds and sand coats and 25 percent on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0303; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 89980; continuous - phpvsfiid 89980
    E/Bt—25 to 30 centimeters (9.8 to 11.8 inches); strong very fine subangular blocky structure; fragments. Lab sample # NDSU0304
    E/Bt—25 to 30 centimeters (9.8 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; clay loam; strong medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 3.0 fine pores; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, coats and clay films on faces of peds and distinct gray (10YR 6/1), dry, on upper surfaces of peds or rocks and distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry, on lower surfaces of peds or rocks and sand coats; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0304; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 89984; continuous - phpvsfiid 89985; continuous - phpvsfiid 89986; continuous - phpvsfiid 89984; continuous - phpvsfiid 89985; continuous - phpvsfiid 89986
    Bwl(Btl)—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay; strong fine and medium prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; 3.0 fine pores; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, coats and clay films on faces of peds and sand coats and 1 percent distinct ; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0305; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 90010; continuous - phpvsfiid 90010
    Bw2(Bt2)—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay; strong medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 3.0 fine pores; dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry, coats and very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, coats and clay films on faces of peds and sand coats and 25 percent ; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0306; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 90661; continuous - phpvsfiid 90661
    Bw3(Bt3)—64 to 86 centimeters (25.2 to 33.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry; clay loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 3.0 pores; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry, coats and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist, coats and clay films on faces of peds and sand coats and 25 percent ; 1 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0307; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 90744; continuous - phpvsfiid 90744
    Bk(Btk)—86 to 122 centimeters (33.9 to 48.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 3.0 fine pores; prominent clay films on faces of peds and sand coats and 25 percent ; threadlike pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2) lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0308; dry when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 90747; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 90747
    C—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; clay loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 roots; 3.0 fine pores; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent on faces of peds; threadlike pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2) lime masses and 25 percent gypsum crystal clusters; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # NDSU0309; dry when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 90750; patchy - phpvsfiid 90750