IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lawther
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977ND001006
  • User Pedon ID: 77ND001006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0151
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 46.1416664
  • Std. Longitude: -102.8855591
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 131N
  • Range: 98W
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: 110 meters N and 266 meters E of the SW corner of the NW 1/4
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND001—Adams

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Wihelm S. Ekart G. Muckel and K. Thompson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Vertic Haploborolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lawther
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lawther
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1977 (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: water erosion
    • 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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    1A1p—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) interior, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, dry; silty clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P00787. common very fine roots
    1A12—10 to 26 centimeters (3.9 to 10.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) interior, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, dry; silty clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00788. common very fine roots
    1B2—26 to 55 centimeters (10.2 to 21.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) interior, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, dry; silty clay; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00789. Peds coated with very dark grayish brown 2.5Y 3/2 moist. Tongues of A1 material greater than 5 mm thick.; common very fine roots
    1B3—55 to 84 centimeters (21.7 to 33.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, dry; silty clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; pressure faces; 1 percent medium irregular carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00790. Tongues of A1 material greater than 5 mm thick.; few medium lime concretions concentrations; few very fine roots
    1C1—84 to 119 centimeters (33.1 to 46.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, dry; silty clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; pressure faces; 11 percent fine irregular carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00791. Tongues of A1 material less than 5 mm thick.; common fine lime concretions concentrations; few very fine roots
    1C2—119 to 161 centimeters (46.9 to 63.4 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, dry; silty clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 11 percent fine irregular carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00792. common fine lime concretions concentrations; few very fine roots
    3C3—161 to 190 centimeters (63.4 to 74.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, light gray (2.5Y 7/2) interior, dry; silt loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 78P00793. Stoneline at upper boundary consisting mostly of flat fine grained sandstone up to 6 inches long and 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick.; few very fine roots