IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ekalaka
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 64ND011006
  • User Pedon ID: 64ND011006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0214
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32743
  • 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: 46.0444444
  • Std. Longitude: -103.0094444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 660 feet south and 990 feet east of northwest corner, Section 36, T.130N., R.105W.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: North Dakota
  • MLRA: 58D—Northern Rolling High Plains, Eastern Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A.F. Bahr and D.D. Opdahl
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ekalaka
  • Classificaton Date - 10/8/1964
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/8/1964 (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
    • 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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    225

    381

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01590
    A2—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01591
    A3—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse angular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01592
    E—25 to 30 centimeters (9.8 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; loamy fine sand; weak medium and coarse platy structure; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01593
    Btn1—30 to 38 centimeters (11.8 to 15.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry; sandy clay loam; strong coarse prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist, coats on faces of peds and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), dry,; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01594
    Btn2—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry; fine sandy loam; strong coarse prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; carbonate coats on faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01695
    B2—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry; loamy fine sand; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fine gypsum crystals, unspecified and fine carbonate nodules and fine carbonate threads; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01596
    C1—71 to 97 centimeters (28.0 to 38.2 inches); olive (5Y 4/3), olive gray (5Y 5/2), dry; loamy fine sand; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21 percent fine carbonate nodules; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01597
    C2—97 to 109 centimeters (38.2 to 42.9 inches); olive (5Y 4/3), olive (5Y 5/3), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01598
    C3—109 to 137 centimeters (42.9 to 53.9 inches); olive (5Y 4/3), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; stratified fine sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A01599
    C4—137 to 168 centimeters (53.9 to 66.1 inches); olive (5Y 4/3), olive (5Y 5/3), dry; stratified loamy fine sand; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A01600