IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mott
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 72ND087001
  • User Pedon ID: 72ND087001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 72ND087001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69269
  • Print Date: 1/10/2025
  • 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: 46.4075000
  • Std. Longitude: -103.3002778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1000 feet south and 155 feet west of the NE corner of sec. 24, T. 134 N., R. 101 W.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND087—Slope
  • MLRA: 54—Rolling Soft Shale Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND087—Slope County, North Dakota
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Schroer, R. Kukowski, F. Bahr
  • 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 - Mott
  • Classificaton Date - 10/17/1972
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/17/1972 (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

    cambic horizon

    0—33

    33—48

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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

    1

    45

    406

    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0628
    Bw1—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sandy loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; clay films on sand and gravel; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0629
    Bw2—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; clay films on sand and gravel; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0630
    C1—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; clay films on sand and gravel; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0631
    C2—64 to 84 centimeters (25.2 to 33.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; clay films on sand and gravel; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0632
    C3—84 to 89 centimeters (33.1 to 35.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 roots; 0.1 pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0632
    C4—89 to 117 centimeters (35.0 to 46.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 roots; 3.0 fine pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0633
    C5—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; loamy coarse sand; massive; slightly hard, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1 percent fine lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # NDSU0634