IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bowdle
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 72ND055001
  • User Pedon ID: 72ND055001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 72ND055001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69141
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 47.2730556
  • Std. Longitude: -100.8000000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 135 feet south and 2135 feet west of NE corner of sec. 27, T. 144 N., R. 80 W.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND055—McLean
  • MLRA: 53B—Central Dark Brown Glaciated Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND055—McLean County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: LB, FB, HO, FS, TA
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bowdle
  • Classificaton Date - 8/22/1972
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/22/1972 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    calcic horizon

    0—46

    64—76

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    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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    541

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    45

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0136
    Bw1—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0137
    Bw2—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0138. Krotovina 3 inches in diameter in Bw2.
    Bk—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; loam; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 fine roots; 0.5 fine and medium pores; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0139
    2Bk—64 to 76 centimeters (25.2 to 29.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; gravelly loam; 25 percent pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2) coarse distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 25 percent lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0140
    2C1—76 to 112 centimeters (29.9 to 44.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; very gravelly coarse sand; 1 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) medium prominent mottles; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0141. 30 to 44 inches estimate 15% cobble by volume. Gravels are mixed argilite, granite, shale, sandstone, limestone, and quartzite. Described from pit in area mapped No. 84, field name study-Fordville loam.
    2C2—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; coarse sand; 1 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) medium prominent mottles; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # NDSU0142. 44 to 60 inches estimate 25 % cobble by volume. Gravels are mixed argilite, granite, shale, sandstone, limestone, and quartzite. Described from pit in area mapped No.84, field name study—Fordville loam. Cobbles about one every foot in the 2C2.