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:
11/11/2024
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:
46.9188284
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
%
m
degrees
mm
mm
C
mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
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