IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lihen
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 74ND057001
  • User Pedon ID: 74ND057001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 74ND057001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71723
  • Print Date: 6/3/2024
  • 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: 47.2875000
  • Std. Longitude: -101.5750000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 100 feet west and 925 feet north of the SE corner of sec. 16, 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, SB, WL, PW, FW, KD
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lihen
  • Classificaton Date - 8/12/1974
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

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

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/12/1974 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind and water erosion
  • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    0—43

    —-

    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

    2

    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loamy fine sand; weak medium and coarse granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 very coarse roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0559
    A—18 to 43 centimeters (7.1 to 16.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 0.1 very fine tubular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0560
    AC—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dry; loamy fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.1 very fine to medium tubular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0561
    C1—61 to 74 centimeters (24.0 to 29.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; loamy sand; massive; soft, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.1 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine irregular lime masses throughout; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0562
    C2—74 to 99 centimeters (29.1 to 39.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; loamy fine sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine irregular lime masses throughout; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0563
    C3—99 to 122 centimeters (39.0 to 48.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0564
    C4—122 to 140 centimeters (48.0 to 55.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0565
    C5—140 to 152 centimeters (55.1 to 59.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; fine sand; single grain; soft, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; 0.1 medium tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # NDSU0566