IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lawther
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977ND001006A
  • User Pedon ID: 77ND001006A
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80P0301
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48079
  • 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. Wilhelm; S. Ekart; G. Muckel; K. Thompson.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Vertic Haploborolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • 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
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic Vertic Haploboroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1977
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • 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 # 80P01570. 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. Not sampled.; common very fine roots
    1B2—26 to 55 centimeters (10.2 to 21.7 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior and 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; distinct pressure faces; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01571. Tongues of A1 material greater than 5 mm thick.; common very fine roots
    1B2—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; distinct pressure faces; 1 percent medium irregular lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Tongues of A1 material greater than 5 mm thick. Not sampled.; few medium soft masses of lime 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; distinct pressure faces; 11 percent fine irregular lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Tongues of A1 material less than 5 mm thick. Not sampled.; common fine soft masses of lime 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, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 11 percent fine irregular lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary. Not sampled.; common fine soft masses of lime concentrations; few very fine roots
    2C3—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. Stoneline at upper boundary consisting mostly of flat fine grained sandstone up to 6 inches long and 1/4 to 1/2 inches thick. Not sampled.; few very fine roots