IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Slickspot
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978SD063036
  • User Pedon ID: 78SD063036
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0538
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46092
  • Print Date: 11/22/2024

    • 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: 45.3477783
  • Std. Longitude: -103.9947205
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 22 km S and 1.1 km W of Camp Crook 488 meters N and 229 meters E of SW corner
  • Location Description: Harding Co.
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD063—Harding
  • MLRA: 58D—Northern Rolling High Plains, Eastern Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W.Johnson M.Mausbach F.Wilhelm
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 36
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Slickspot
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Natric Camborthids
  • PSC - 25 to 84 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1978
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: mesa or butte
  • Slope Position: depression on a slope
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.05 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Kind: microdepression
  • Microrelief Elevation: 10
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    calcic horizon

    natric horizon

    7—48

    7—64

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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

    1

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    1035

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    270

    36

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    397062

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    1A2—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; weak fine platy structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P03113. few fine roots
    1B21—3 to 7 centimeters (1.2 to 2.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; clay films between sand grains; 1 percent fine and medium lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P03114. Thin bridging of clay between sand grains.; few fine and medium soft masses of lime concentrations; few fine roots
    1B22cacs—7 to 16 centimeters (2.8 to 6.3 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; clay films between sand grains and skeletans on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine and medium gypsum crystals, unspecified and 11 percent medium carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P03115. Thin bridging of clay between sand grains.; common medium soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few fine and medium gypsum crystals concentrations; few fine roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 213765; patchy - phpvsfiid 213765
    1B31cacs—16 to 26 centimeters (6.3 to 10.2 inches); 50 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior and 50 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) interior, olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) interior, moist; clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent fine lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, pH meter; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 78P03116. few fine soft masses of lime concentrations; few fine roots
    1B32cacs—26 to 36 centimeters (10.2 to 14.2 inches); 50 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior and 50 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) interior, olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) interior, moist; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent fine gypsum crystals, unspecified and 11 percent fine and medium lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P03117. common fine and medium soft masses of lime concentrations; few fine gypsum crystals concentrations; few fine roots
    1C1cacs—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) interior, moist; loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 11 percent fine and medium gypsum crystals, unspecified and 11 percent medium lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P03118. Weak horizontal bedding planes.; common medium soft masses of lime concentrations; common fine and medium gypsum crystals concentrations
    1C2cs—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, moist; loamy fine sand; massive; hard, loose; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent fine gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P03119. few fine gypsum crystals concentrations; few fine roots
    1C3—64 to 84 centimeters (25.2 to 33.1 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) interior, gray (2.5Y 5/1) interior, moist; loamy fine sand; massive; hard, loose; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P03120. very few fine roots
    1Cr1—84 to 104 centimeters (33.1 to 40.9 inches); 50 percent gray (2.5Y 6/1) interior and 50 percent white (2.5Y 8/1) interior, 50 percent gray (2.5Y 5/1) interior and 50 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/1) interior, moist; gravelly loamy sand; massive; slightly hard, loose; 0.1 very fine roots; 11 percent fine lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, pH meter; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 78P03121. Roots penetrate cracks 2 to 8 inchees apart. Very fine roots along horizontal bedding planes.; common fine soft masses of lime concentrations; very few very fine roots
    1Cr2—104 to 132 centimeters (40.9 to 52.0 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) interior, gray (2.5Y 5/1) interior, moist; unweathered bedrock; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P03122. Very few fine roots along horizontal bedding planes and cracks from 3 to 10 inches apart. Sandstone easily crushed.; very few fine roots
    1Cr3—132 to 165 centimeters (52.0 to 65.0 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) interior, gray (2.5Y 5/1) interior, moist; unweathered bedrock; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent fine lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, pH meter. Lab sample # 78P03123. Few fine roots along horizontal bedding planes from 4 to 15 inches apart.; few fine soft masses of lime concentrations; few fine roots