IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Grail
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 77ND001016
  • User Pedon ID: 77ND001016
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 77ND001016
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71510
  • 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: 45.9747222
  • Std. Longitude: -102.0413889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 400 feet north and 430 feet west of the SE corner of sec. 22, T. 129 N., R. 91 W.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND001—Adams
  • MLRA: 54—Rolling Soft Shale Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND001—Adams County, North Dakota
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Wilhelm, J. Clapper, R. Luethe
  • 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 - Grail
  • Classificaton Date - 10/6/1977
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/6/1977 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—86

    28—61

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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

    2

    759

    270

    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0374; moist when described;
    BA—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots between peds; 0.5 very fine and 0.1 medium pores; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0375; moist when described;
    Bt1—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; 60 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0376; moist when described;
    Bt2—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; 30 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0377; moist when described;
    Ab—61 to 74 centimeters (24.0 to 29.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0378; moist when described;
    Btb—74 to 86 centimeters (29.1 to 33.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; 30 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0379; moist when described;
    Bkb—86 to 122 centimeters (33.9 to 48.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; 25 percent medium lime masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0380; moist when described;
    C—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), dry; clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 fine roots; 0.1 fine pores; fragments. Lab sample # NDSU0381