IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Grail-like
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 78ND037011
  • User Pedon ID: 78ND037011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 78ND037011
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72412
  • Print Date: 11/27/2024

    • 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: 46.1566667
  • Std. Longitude: -101.9241667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2390 feet west and 2080 feet south of the NE corner of sec. 22, T. 131 N., R. 90 W.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND037—Grant
  • MLRA: 54—Rolling Soft Shale Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND037—Grant County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • 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-like
  • Classificaton Date - 11/7/1978
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/7/1978 (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: wind and water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—58

    58—86

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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

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    180

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay; weak fine granular structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.1 fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0531
    A—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.1 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0532
    Bw1—30 to 58 centimeters (11.8 to 22.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0533
    Bw2—58 to 86 centimeters (22.8 to 33.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0534
    BCk1—86 to 122 centimeters (33.9 to 48.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1 percent fine irregular lime masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0535
    BCk2—122 to 157 centimeters (48.0 to 61.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent fine irregular lime masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # NDSU0536