IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lawther
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 64ND011005
  • User Pedon ID: 64ND011005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1378
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34986
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 46.2325000
  • Std. Longitude: -103.1830556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 275 feet west and 703 feet south of northeast corner, Section 28, T.132N., R.100W. (140 feet from the north edge of the field).
  • State: North Dakota
  • MLRA: 54—Rolling Soft Shale Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A.F. Bahr and D.D. Opdahl
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lawther
  • Classificaton Date - 10/7/1964
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: badlands
  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/7/1964 (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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    315

    381

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), gray (2.5Y 6/1) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; strong very fine and fine granular structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A10509
    Bw1—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), dry; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, coats on faces of peds and dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry, coats on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A10510
    Bw2—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong medium and coarse angular blocky parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, coats on faces of peds and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry, coats on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A10511
    Bss—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, coats on faces of peds and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry, coats on faces of peds; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A10512
    B'w—56 to 86 centimeters (22.0 to 33.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A10513
    Bwy—86 to 112 centimeters (33.9 to 44.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A10514
    B"w1—112 to 145 centimeters (44.1 to 57.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A10515
    B"w2—145 to 175 centimeters (57.1 to 68.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A10516