IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Flaxton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 73ND057002
  • User Pedon ID: 73ND057002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 73ND057002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 73070
  • 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: 47.2452429
  • Std. Longitude: -101.6233071
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1520 feet north and 1385 feet west of the SE corner of sec. 31, T. 144 N., R. 86 W.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND057—Mercer
  • MLRA: 54—Rolling Soft Shale Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND057—Mercer County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: FS, PKW, DV
  • 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 - Flaxton
  • Classificaton Date - 10/4/1973
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • QC Status: level 3


    • SITE

  • Landform: till plain
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/4/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • 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

    argillic horizon

    0—41

    66—91

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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
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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0553
    A—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0554
    Bw—41 to 66 centimeters (16.1 to 26.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; loamy fine sand; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium and coarse subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0555
    2Bt—66 to 91 centimeters (26.0 to 35.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry; clay loam; strong medium and coarse prismatic parts to strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.1 medium and 3.0 fine pores; 60 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0556. A few large Krotovina and tongues of fine sandy loam and loamy fine sand; continuous - phpvsfiid 91371; continuous - phpvsfiid 91371
    2Bk1—91 to 112 centimeters (35.8 to 44.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; clay loam; weak medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine and medium pores; 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0557. A few large Krotovina and tongues of fine sandy loam and loamy fine sand
    2Bk2—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine and medium pores; 25 percent fine and medium irregular lime masses throughout; 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0558