IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Arikara
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 78ND025008
  • User Pedon ID: 78ND025008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 78ND025008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 78ND025008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69377
  • 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: 47.6552778
  • Std. Longitude: -102.5208333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 850 feet east and 1900 feet south of the NW corner of sec.10, T.148 N., R.96 W.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND025—Dunn
  • MLRA: 58C—Northern Rolling High Plains, Northeastern Part
  • 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

  • Landscape: badlands
  • Landform: fan
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • 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

    AMAL2

    FRPE

    POPR

    Amelanchier alnifolia

    Fraxinus pennsylvanica

    Poa pratensis

    Saskatoon serviceberry

    green ash

    Kentucky bluegrass

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

    ochric epipedon

    0—8

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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

    26

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described;. Leaves, twigs, and partially decomposed forest litter
    A—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1523; moist when described;
    Bw—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.1 coarse roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1524; moist when described;
    C1—23 to 56 centimeters (9.1 to 22.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.1 coarse roots throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1525; moist when described;
    C2—56 to 94 centimeters (22.0 to 37.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; clay loam; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.1 coarse roots throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1526; moist when described;
    C3—94 to 107 centimeters (37.0 to 42.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine to coarse roots throughout; carbonate coats in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1527; moist when described;
    C4—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; clay loam; weak fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # NDSU1528