IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Aastad
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977ND073007
  • User Pedon ID: 77ND073007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0295
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45849
  • 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: 46.3588905
  • Std. Longitude: -97.8286133
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 133N
  • Range: 57W
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND073—Ransom
  • MLRA: 55B—Central Black Glaciated Plains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Schroer D. Tagestad N. Prochnow
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive Pachic Udic Haploborolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Aastad
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Aastad
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: plain
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/1/1977 (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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    1Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior, dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine granular structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P01570. common very fine roots
    1A12—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior, dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. common very fine roots
    1B25—33 to 70 centimeters (13.0 to 27.6 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and strong very fine and fine blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. many very fine roots
    1B3—70 to 88 centimeters (27.6 to 34.6 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, dry; clay loam; 11 percent gray (5Y 6/1) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic, and moderate fine blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. common very fine roots; common fine distinct 5Y61 mottles
    1C1ca—88 to 123 centimeters (34.6 to 48.4 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2) interior, dry; clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and 30 percent gray (5Y 6/1) medium distinct mottles; weak fine blocky, and moderate very fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. few fine roots; few fine distinct 10YR56 mottles; many medium distinct 5Y61 mottles
    1C2—123 to 150 centimeters (48.4 to 59.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior, light gray (2.5Y 7/2) interior, dry; clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and 30 percent gray (5Y 6/1) coarse distinct mottles; moderate very fine and fine blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n. many coarse distinct 5Y61 mottles; few fine distinct 10YR56 mottles