IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pierre
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979SD071002
  • User Pedon ID: 79SD071002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80P0251
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48029
  • 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: 43.9466667
  • Std. Longitude: -101.8569412
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1S
  • Range: 19E
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 531 meters S and 235 meters E of the NW corner
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD071—Jackson
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Richard Schlepp; Miles Smalley; Dr. R. Grossman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Torrerts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pierre
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pierre
  • Taxonomic Class - Very-fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Ustertic Cambor
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1979
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
  • 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

    5

    45

    1A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, dry; silty clay; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; soft, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01370. many fine roots
    1B21—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, dry; silty clay; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01371. many very fine and fine roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 214561; patchy - phpvsfiid 214561
    1B22—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) interior, olive (5Y 5/3) interior, dry; clay; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 fine roots; prominent clay films; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01372. common fine roots
    1B23—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) interior, olive (5Y 5/3) interior, dry; clay; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 fine roots; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01373. common fine roots
    1B3ca—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) interior, pale olive (5Y 6/3) interior, dry; clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 fine roots; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01374. Few fine accumulations of carbonate.; common fine roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 214564; patchy - phpvsfiid 214564
    1C1cacs—66 to 89 centimeters (26.0 to 35.0 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) interior, pale olive (5Y 6/3) interior, dry; silty clay; massive; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent fine gypsum masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01375. Few fine accumulations of carbonate.; few fine masses of gypsum concentrations; few fine roots
    1Cr1—89 to 112 centimeters (35.0 to 44.1 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) interior and dark gray (5Y 4/1) interior, pale yellow (5Y 7/3) interior and gray (5Y 5/1) interior, dry; shaly clay; 0.5 fine roots; 11 percent fine threadlike gypsum masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01376. Common distinct stains of yellowish brown.; common fine masses of gypsum concentrations; few fine roots
    1Cr2—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) interior and dark gray (5Y 4/1) interior, pale yellow (5Y 7/3) interior and gray (5Y 5/1) interior, dry; shaly clay; 30 percent fine threadlike gypsum masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 80P01377. Common distinct stains of yellowish brown. 80P1378 Cr3 152 to 182. 80P1379 Cr4 182 to 212. 80P1380 Cr5 212 to 242.; many fine masses of gypsum concentrations