IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fargo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 64ND017004
  • User Pedon ID: 64ND017004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 64ND017004
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70731
  • 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: 46.9188284
  • Std. Longitude: -96.8388347
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 140 N
  • Range: 49 W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND017—Cass
  • MLRA: 56—Red River Valley of the North
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND017—Cass County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: FS, SW
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Typic Epiaquerts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fargo
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, frigid Typic Epiaquerts
  • Classificaton Date - 11/4/1964
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lacustrine deposits
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/4/1964 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; clay; cloddy parts to moderate fine granular structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 20.0 roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1298
    Bw—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 20.0 roots; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1299
    Bk1—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), gray (2.5Y 5/1), dry; clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 5.0 roots; organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # NDSU12300
    Bk2—46 to 76 centimeters (18.1 to 29.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), gray (2.5Y 6/1), dry; silty clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine granular structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 roots; 5 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; violent effervescence; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # NDSU12301
    Bk3—76 to 109 centimeters (29.9 to 42.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), gray (2.5Y 6/1), dry; silty clay; moderate fine granular structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 roots; 5 percent fine faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 20 percent carbonate concretions and 20 percent carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU12302
    Cg—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; silty clay; moderate medium platy parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 20 percent medium distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # NDSU12303