IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ulen
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 76ND049006
  • User Pedon ID: 76ND049006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 76ND049006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 76ND049006
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69142
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 48.3716667
  • Std. Longitude: -100.8350000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 100 feet north and 1050 feet west of the south quarter corner of sec. 35, T. 158 N., R. 79 W.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND049—McHenry
  • MLRA: 55A—Northern Black Glaciated Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND049—McHenry County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DAS, RLH, MDS
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ulen
  • Classificaton Date - 9/21/1976
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/21/1976 (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

    ANGE

    PAVI2

    SCSC

    SONCH

    Andropogon gerardii

    Panicum virgatum

    Schizachyrium scoparium

    Sonchus

    big bluestem

    switchgrass

    little bluestem

    sowthistle

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

    mollic epipedon

    0—30

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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 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.1 fine roots throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1058; moist when described;
    Ak—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; loamy fine sand; 10 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1059; moist when described;
    Bk—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), dry; fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky parts to single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1060; moist when described;
    C1—46 to 107 centimeters (18.1 to 42.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), dry; fine sand; 10 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine and medium distinct and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1061; moist when described;
    C2—107 to 135 centimeters (42.1 to 53.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dry; fine sand; 1 percent black (5YR 2/1) fine prominent and 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments. Lab sample # NDSU1062. The C2 horizon is moist to 53 inches and saturated below 53 inches.