IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Banks
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 80ND037083
  • User Pedon ID: 80ND037083
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0208
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49052
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: About one mile south of Shields, North Dakota. 1020 feet west and 380 feet south of the northeast corner of Section 36, T.132N., R.84W.
  • State: North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L.E. Edland and D.K. Moos
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Banks
  • Classificaton Date - 4/3/1980
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/3/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A1068
    Ab—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), dry; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A1069
    A12—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A1070
    C1ca—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; weak medium subangular blocky parts to single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A1071
    C2—56 to 152 centimeters (22.0 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A1072