IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Velva
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 81ND037005
  • User Pedon ID: 81ND037005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 81ND037005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 81ND037005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70883
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 46.2163889
  • Std. Longitude: -101.5138889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 980 feet south and 1,720 feet east of the northwest corner of sec. 36, T. 132 N., R. 87 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 - Velva
  • Classificaton Date - 9/17/1981
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/17/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 95
  • 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

    BOGR2

    CALO

    NAVI4

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Calamovilfa longifolia

    Nassella viridula

    blue grama

    prairie sandreed

    green needlegrass

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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

    mollic epipedon

    0—30

    —-
    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

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0682; moist when described;
    C1—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine lime masses throughout; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0683; moist when described;. C1 = soft masses of lime in lower part of horizon only.
    C2—30 to 76 centimeters (11.8 to 29.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 10 percent fine spherical lime masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0684; moist when described;
    C3—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine spherical lime masses throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0685; dry when described;. C3 = few lignite fragments
    C4—97 to 112 centimeters (38.2 to 44.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0686; dry when described;
    C5—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; stratified loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # NDSU0687; dry when described;