IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Beisigl
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 81ND037002
  • User Pedon ID: 81ND037002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 81ND037002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 81ND037002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69853
  • 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: 46.0300000
  • Std. Longitude: -101.7550000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1,275 feet west and 110 feet south of the northeast corner of sec. 25, T. 131 N., R. 89 W.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND037—Grant
  • MLRA: 54—Rolling Soft Shale Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND037—Grant County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Thiele
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Beisigl
  • Classificaton Date - 9/15/1981
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: plain
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: s strong weathered sandstone, unspecified
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/15/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ARDR4

    BOGR2

    CALO

    Artemisia dracunculus

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Calamovilfa longifolia

    tarragon

    blue grama

    prairie sandreed

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    0—15

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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

    6

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loamy fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0678; dry when described;
    Bk—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; loamy fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0679; dry when described;
    BCk—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; loamy fine sand; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0680; dry when described;
    Cr—53 to 152 centimeters (20.9 to 59.8 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; weathered bedrock; massive; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # NDSU0681; dry when described;. Cr= soft sandstone that crushes to fine sand