IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Koto
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980SD013058
  • User Pedon ID: 80SD013058
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0006
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51698
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 45.6644440
  • Std. Longitude: -98.6966629
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 125N
  • Range: 65W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 595 meters E and 89 meters N of SW corner
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD013—Brown
  • MLRA: 53B—Central Dark Brown Glaciated Plains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. D. Shultz and T. Brady
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Argiaquic Argialbolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 58
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Koto
  • PSC - 28 to 69 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Koto
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Natraquoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1980
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: terrace—outwash or marine
  • Slope Position: drainageway
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.05 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Kind: microdepression
  • 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    calcic horizon

    0—20

    69—107

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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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    —

    443

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    48

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    7

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    390020

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    1A1—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior, dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, dry; loam; weak very fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; 5.5 fine roots; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P00019. many fine roots; effervescence is continuous
    1E—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, light gray (10YR 7/1) interior, dry; sandy loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct and 11 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; weak fine platy structure; soft, very friable; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH meter; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 83P00020. common very fine roots; common fine distinct 10YR54 mottles; common fine distinct 7.5YR44 mottles; effervescence is continuous
    1Bt1—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; sandy clay loam; strong coarse prismatic, and moderate medium and coarse blocky structure; hard, very friable; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; light gray (10YR 7/1) coats on all faces of peds and gray (10YR 6/1) coats on all faces of peds and coats on vertical faces of peds; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P00021. common very fine roots; effervescence is continuous; continuous - phpvsfiid 215641; continuous - phpvsfiid 215642; continuous - phpvsfiid 215643; continuous - phpvsfiid 215641; continuous - phpvsfiid 215642; continuous - phpvsfiid 215643
    1Bt2—46 to 69 centimeters (18.1 to 27.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; sandy clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; strong coarse and very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; pressure faces on vertical faces of peds and 37 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains on vertical faces of peds; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P00022. Common fine dark stains Fe and Mn oxides in interiors of peds.; common manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features on vertical faces of peds; common very fine roots; few fine distinct 10YR56 mottles; effervescence is continuous
    1BCk—69 to 81 centimeters (27.2 to 31.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, dry; sandy clay loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine and medium distinct mottles; moderate fine and medium blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains in root channels and/or pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P00023. Common tongues 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick of dark grayish brown 10YR 4/2.; common manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features in root channels and/or pores; few very fine roots; common fine and medium distinct 10YR56 mottles; effervescence is continuous
    1Ck—81 to 107 centimeters (31.9 to 42.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, light gray (2.5Y 7/2) interior, dry; sandy clay loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine and medium distinct and 11 percent gray (10YR 6/1) fine distinct mottles; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P00024. Finely laminated.; common fine and medium distinct 10YR56 mottles; common fine distinct 10YR61 mottles; effervescence is continuous
    1C1—107 to 140 centimeters (42.1 to 55.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, light gray (2.5Y 7/2) interior, dry; clay loam; 30 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine and medium distinct and 30 percent gray (10YR 6/1) fine and medium distinct mottles; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine lime masses; 10 percent by volume unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P00025. 10 percent pebbles.; few fine soft masses of lime concentrations; many fine and medium distinct 7.5YR44 mottles; many fine and medium distinct 10YR61 mottles; effervescence is continuous
    1C2—140 to 152 centimeters (55.1 to 59.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior, dry; clay loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and 11 percent gray (10YR 6/1) fine distinct mottles; massive; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter. Lab sample # 83P00026. Few small pebbles.; common fine distinct 10YR56 mottles; common fine distinct 10YR61 mottles; effervescence is continuous