IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Grassna
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 74ND057005
  • User Pedon ID: 74ND057005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 74ND057005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72417
  • 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: 47.2933333
  • Std. Longitude: -101.6344444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 635 feet east and 500 feet north of the SW corner of the NW 1/4 of Sec. 18, 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, SRB, WCL, PKW, FJW, KJD, HOM
  • 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 - Grassna
  • Classificaton Date - 8/14/1974
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/14/1974 (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

    mollic epipedon

    0—41

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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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium granular, and strong medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0587; moist when described;
    A1—15 to 41 centimeters (5.9 to 16.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0588; moist when described;
    A2—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0589; moist when described;. Bands of dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) in the A2
    Bk1—56 to 89 centimeters (22.0 to 35.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine irregular lime masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0590; moist when described;
    Bk2—89 to 132 centimeters (35.0 to 52.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, 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; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0591; moist when described;
    Akb—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; 0.1 very fine and fine pores; 10 percent fine irregular lime masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # NDSU0592; moist when described;