IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Banks
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 80ND037084
  • User Pedon ID: 80ND037084
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 80ND037084
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0209
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49053
  • Print Date: 4/26/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: About 1 mile east of Shields, North Dakota. 500 feet west and 2200 feet south of the northeast corner of Section 19, T.132N., R.83W.
  • 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 - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ELHI4

    xElyleymus hirtiflorus [Elymus trachycaulus x Leymus innovatus]

    Canadian wildrye

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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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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; weak fine platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A1073
    C1—10 to 152 centimeters (3.9 to 59.8 inches); single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A1074