IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Colvin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 78ND071035
  • User Pedon ID: 78ND071035
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 78ND071035
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71790
  • 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: 48.1830556
  • Std. Longitude: -99.1708333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 985 feet north and 1,855 east of the SW corner of sec. 5, T. 154 N., R. 66 W.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND071—Ramsey
  • MLRA: 55A—Northern Black Glaciated Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND071—Ramsey County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • 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
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Colvin
  • Classificaton Date - 10/2/1978
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: lake plain
  • Slope Position: depression
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/2/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: Inset 99
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - wetlands
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    mottles with chroma 2 or less

    calcic horizon

    0—30

    30—152

    30—56

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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

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    A—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1073; moist when described;
    Bkg1—30 to 56 centimeters (11.8 to 22.0 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) and olive gray (5Y 5/2), white (5Y 8/1) and light gray (5Y 7/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1074; moist when described;
    Bkg2—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2), light olive gray (5Y 6/2) and gray (5Y 6/1), dry; silty clay loam; 10 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1075; moist when described;
    Cg—71 to 152 centimeters (28.0 to 59.8 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2), olive gray (5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) fine prominent and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; massive; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # NDSU1076; moist when described;