IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bryant
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 74ND029001
  • User Pedon ID: 74ND029001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 74ND029001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 74ND029001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69266
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 46.0727478
  • Std. Longitude: -100.2954714
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 275 feet south and 70 feet west of the NE corner of sec. 22, T. 130 N., R. 77 W.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND029—Emmons
  • MLRA: 53B—Central Dark Brown Glaciated Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND029—Emmons County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: FS, SB, WL, LB, TA, EE, NL
  • 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 - Bryant
  • Classificaton Date - 8/15/1974
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: plain
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/15/1974 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind and water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BOGR2

    HECOC8

    NAVI4

    PASM

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Hesperostipa comata ssp. comata

    Nassella viridula

    Pascopyrum smithii

    blue grama

    needle and thread

    green needlegrass

    western wheatgrass

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—36

    36—56

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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

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    A—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0096
    Bw1—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine tubular pores; faint organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0097
    Bw2—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0098
    BCk—56 to 104 centimeters (22.0 to 40.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent fine and medium irregular lime masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0099
    C—104 to 152 centimeters (40.9 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; silt loam; 1 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) medium distinct and 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct and 10 percent gray (5Y 6/1) medium distinct mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine irregular lime masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # NDSU0100