IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wilton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980ND059004
  • User Pedon ID: 80ND059004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80P0432
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48208
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024
  • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Russ Lorenz Range study-Plot 63 about 2 meters W of tube 74. Morton Co.; North Dakota.
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND059—Morton
  • MLRA: 53B—Central Dark Brown Glaciated Plains
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Larry F. Ratliff.
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wilton
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Pachic Haploborolls
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1980
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1980 (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

    2

    1A1—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, dry; silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; 5.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P02369. many fine roots
    1B21—28 to 56 centimeters (11.0 to 22.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, dry; silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02370. No clay films observed.; many fine roots
    1B22—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, dry; silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 fine and medium roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine lime masses; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P02371. few fine soft masses of lime concentrations; common fine and medium roots
    2C1ca—76 to 122 centimeters (29.9 to 48.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, dry; clay loam; massive; hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02372. 5 pct by volume of rounded and angular coarse fragments up to 5 cm in diameter. 10 to 15 pct by volume of threads and masses of white CaCO3.; few fine roots
    2C2ca—122 to 155 centimeters (48.0 to 61.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, dry; clay loam; 1 percent fine distinct mottles; massive; hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02373. 5 pct by volume of threads and soft masses up to 5 cm in diameter. 10 to 15 pct by volume of threads and soft masses white CaCO3. Soil material is somewhat compact and breaks into plates about 1 to 2 cm thick.; few fine roots; few fine distinct mottles
    2C3—155 to 183 centimeters (61.0 to 72.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, dry; clay loam; massive; hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02374. 2 to 3 pct by volume coarse fragments generally less than 2 cm in diameter. About 5 pct by volume soft masses of white CaCO3.; few fine roots
    2C4—182 to 213 centimeters (71.7 to 83.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, dry; clay loam; 1 percent fine distinct mottles; massive; hard, friable; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 80P02375. Occassional small coarse fragments.; few soft masses of lime concentrations; few fine distinct mottles