IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Moreau
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 64ND011004
  • User Pedon ID: 64ND011004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1380
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34988
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 370 feet south and 1046 feet west of northeast corner, Section 24, T.132N., R.99W.
  • State: North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A.F. Bahr and D.D. Opdahl
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Moreau
  • Classificaton Date - 10/6/1964
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/6/1964 (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
    • 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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    45

    381

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    A11p—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), gray (2.5Y 5/1), dry; strong very fine granular structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A10525
    A12p—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky parts to strong very fine and fine granular structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A10526
    B21—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky parts to strong very fine angular blocky structure; very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist, coats on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A10527
    B22—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light olive gray (5Y 6/2) and light gray (5Y 7/2), dry; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A10528
    B3—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); olive (5Y 5/3), light gray (5Y 7/2), dry; weak fine and medium prismatic parts to weak very coarse angular blocky parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A10529
    Ccs1—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A10530
    Ccs2—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1), gray (5Y 6/1), dry; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A10531
    2C1—81 to 97 centimeters (31.9 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), dry; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A10532
    3C2—97 to 130 centimeters (38.2 to 51.2 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) and olive (5Y 5/3), pale yellow (5Y 7/3), dry; platy structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A10533
    3C3—130 to 160 centimeters (51.2 to 63.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2), light gray (5Y 7/2), dry; platy structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A10534