IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Arikara
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978ND025007
  • User Pedon ID: 78ND025007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 78ND025007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 78ND025007
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69275
  • Print Date: 4/29/2025

    • 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: 47.6516667
  • Std. Longitude: -102.4988889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1000 feet west and 2000 feet north of the southeast corner of section 11, T. 148 N., R. 93 W.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND025—Dunn
  • MLRA: 54—Rolling Soft Shale Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND025—Dunn County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: GBM, FS, DDP, MRW, SJT
  • 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 - Arikara
  • Classificaton Date - 6/7/1978
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/7/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    FRPE

    RIBES

    Fraxinus pennsylvanica

    Ribes

    green ash

    currant

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

    abrupt textural change

    84—0

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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

    14

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments; abrupt boundary.; moist when described;
    A—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dry; clay loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0511; moist when described;
    Bw—8 to 48 centimeters (3.1 to 18.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0512; moist when described;
    C1—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine to coarse roots; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0513; moist when described;
    C2—66 to 84 centimeters (26.0 to 33.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine and medium angular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine to coarse roots; 1 percent fine irregular lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0514; moist when described;
    2C1—84 to 109 centimeters (33.1 to 42.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 medium and coarse roots; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0515; moist when described;
    3C1—109 to 124 centimeters (42.9 to 48.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silt loam; massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 medium and coarse roots; 3.0 fine pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # NDSU0516; moist when described;