IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lawther
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 72ND087002
  • User Pedon ID: 72ND087002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 72ND087002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69119
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • 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: 46.3822222
  • Std. Longitude: -103.2586111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 390 feet north and 40 feet west of the SE corner of sec. 29, T. 134 N., R. 100 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: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lawther
  • Classificaton Date - 10/17/1972
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • 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

    0—18

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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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    90

    406

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; clay; coarse subangular blocky parts to strong very fine granular structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0635
    Bw1—13 to 41 centimeters (5.1 to 16.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; clay; strong fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 pores; distinct slickensides (pedogenic) and pressure faces; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0636
    Bw2—41 to 66 centimeters (16.1 to 26.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; clay; strong fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 roots; distinct slickensides (pedogenic) and pressure faces; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0637. Estimated 60 to 70 percent clay through the B2 Horizons.
    2C1—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 fine roots; 0.1 fine pores; 10 percent fine lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0638
    3C2—81 to 91 centimeters (31.9 to 35.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; loamy coarse sand; gray (10YR 5/1) and dark gray (10YR 4/1) mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.1 roots; 0.1 pores; 1 percent fine lime masses throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0639
    3C3—91 to 152 centimeters (35.8 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; loamy coarse sand; massive parts to single grain; slightly hard, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 roots; 1 percent fine spherical lime masses throughout; fragments. Lab sample # NDSU0640