IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kelvin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978ND009106
  • User Pedon ID: 78ND009106
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 78ND009106
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 78ND009106
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70907
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 48.9627778
  • Std. Longitude: -100.5119444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 163N.
  • Range: 76W.
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 1000 feet south and 200 feet west of the NE corner
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND009—Bottineau
  • MLRA: 55A—Northern Black Glaciated Plains
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-DVL—Devils Lake, North Dakota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND009—Bottineau County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: GM, FS, JT, DP, SS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Chromic Vertic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kelvin
  • PSC - 34 to 84 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/21/2015
  • Classifier - Alan R. Gulsvig
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kelvin
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1978
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • QC Status: level 2


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-loamy till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: moraine
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: unknown
  • 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

    FRAXI

    Fraxinus

    ash

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

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—34

    4—22

    34—123

    —34—

    —18—

    —89—
    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

    6

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    Oi—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dry; slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Oi horizon is partially decomposed leaves and twigs.
    E—4 to 22 centimeters (1.6 to 8.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; loam; 22 percent clay; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1048. Clay percentage is from KSSL lab data.
    B/E—22 to 34 centimeters (8.7 to 13.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; clay loam; 33 percent clay; strong very fine and fine angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1049. Clay percentage is from KSSL lab data.
    Bt1—34 to 67 centimeters (13.4 to 26.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; clay; 41 percent clay; weak medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate and strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.1 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.1 medium roots throughout; 25 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1050. Clay percentage is from KSSL lab data.; continuous - phpvsfiid 91409; continuous - phpvsfiid 91409
    Bt2—67 to 103 centimeters (26.4 to 40.6 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) crushed, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; clay loam; 35 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.1 medium roots throughout; 25 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1051. Clay percentage is from KSSL lab data.
    Bt3—103 to 123 centimeters (40.6 to 48.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) crushed, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine and fine roots throughout; 10 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1052. Clay percentage is from KSSL lab data.
    Btk—123 to 156 centimeters (48.4 to 61.4 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) crushed, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; clay loam; 28 percent clay; 1 percent carbonate clay; 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) medium distinct and 1 percent dark olive brown (2.5Y 3/3) fine prominent mottles; weak medium and coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine and fine roots throughout; 1 percent carbonate coats in root channels and/or pores and 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # NDSU1053. Clay and carbonate percentages are from KSSL lab data.