IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Krem
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 74ND057003
  • User Pedon ID: 74ND057003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 74ND057003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69718
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024

    • 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: 47.2991667
  • Std. Longitude: -101.4827778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 144N
  • Range: 85W
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 1850 feet east and 135 feet south of the NW corner
  • 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, HO
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Paleustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Krem
  • PSC - 76 to 152 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/22/2017
  • Classifier - Sullivan
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/13/1974 (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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind and water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—64

    64—76

    76—152

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    Setting and Climate
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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; loamy fine sand; weak fine and medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine to coarse roots throughout; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0574
    A1—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loamy fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.1 fine roots throughout; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0575
    A2—38 to 64 centimeters (15.0 to 25.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loamy fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.1 medium roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0576. Krotovina about 3 inches in diameter
    Bw—64 to 76 centimeters (25.2 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0577
    2Bt1—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; clay loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; strong coarse prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent carbonate coats on rock fragments and 60 percent distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), dry, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0578. sand coatings up to 1/4 inch thick between prisms
    2Bt2—97 to 152 centimeters (38.2 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) crushed, moist; clay loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; strong very coarse prismatic parts to weak medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine and fine roots between peds; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 60 percent distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), dry, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 25 percent irregular lime masses throughout; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # NDSU0579. sand coatings up to 1/4" thick between prisms spaces up to 1/2 " between prisms a large weathered sandstone fragment about 24 inches in diameter