IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Grassna
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 79ND015012
  • User Pedon ID: 79ND015012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80P0245
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48023
  • 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: 46.9122222
  • Std. Longitude: -100.6150000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: About 5 miles east and 5 miles north of Bismarck. 2085 feet east and 765 feet north of the southwest corner, Section 26, T.140N., R.79W.
  • State: North Dakota
  • MLRA: 53B—Central Dark Brown Glaciated Plains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R.A. Hill, C.W. Tuve, and R. Heil
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Grassna
  • Classificaton Date - 10/4/1979
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/4/1979 (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
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01335
    Bt—20 to 56 centimeters (7.9 to 22.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01336. continuous - phpvsfiid 89857; continuous - phpvsfiid 89857
    Ab—56 to 69 centimeters (22.0 to 27.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01337
    Bk1—69 to 107 centimeters (27.2 to 42.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 10 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01338
    Bk2—107 to 170 centimeters (42.1 to 66.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 1 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01339
    Cr—170 to 213 centimeters (66.9 to 83.9 inches);, pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; fragments. Lab sample # 80P01340