IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Grail
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 61ND089011
  • User Pedon ID: 61ND089011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 61ND089011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 61ND089011
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71151
  • 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: 46.7647222
  • Std. Longitude: -103.1772222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1,620 feet north and 2,300 feet west of the SE corner of sce.16, T.138N., R.99W
  • 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, FB, CM, KL
  • 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 - Grail
  • Classificaton Date - 10/18/1961
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: flat
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/18/1961 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    CAFI

    PASM

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Carex filifolia

    Pascopyrum smithii

    blue grama

    threadleaf sedge

    western wheatgrass

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—16

    16—23

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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

    2

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    A1—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0345; moist when described;. A1=many clear sand grains A2=nearly continuous coatings of clear sand grains. Tongues of A1 extended to 16 inches. AB=nearly continous coating of clear sand grains Bw1=a few clear sand grains Bw2=1 inch thick dark streaks on upper and lower boundaries; a few clear sand grains.
    A2—6 to 13 centimeters (2.4 to 5.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate very fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0346; moist when described;
    AB—13 to 16 centimeters (5.1 to 6.3 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine prismatic parts to weak very fine angular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine pores; dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry, coats and 60 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0347; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 90297; continuous - phpvsfiid 90297
    Bw1—16 to 23 centimeters (6.3 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong very fine and fine angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, coats and 60 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0348; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 90299; continuous - phpvsfiid 90299
    Bw2—23 to 31 centimeters (9.1 to 12.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; strong medium prismatic parts to strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry, coats on vertical faces of peds and 10 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds and 60 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0349; dry when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 90302; continuous - phpvsfiid 90301; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 90302; continuous - phpvsfiid 90301
    Bk—31 to 44 centimeters (12.2 to 17.3 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), gray (2.5Y 6/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine pores; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), dry, coats on horizontal faces of peds; 25 percent lime masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0350; dry when described;
    C—44 to 60 centimeters (17.3 to 23.6 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; 1 percent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) medium prominent and 25 percent gray (2.5Y 6/1) fine distinct mottles; massive; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # NDSU0351; moist when described;