IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ekalaka
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 81ND037010
  • User Pedon ID: 81ND037010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 81ND037010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 81ND037010
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 46.3316667
  • Std. Longitude: -101.1022222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2,110 feet east and 1,300 feet north of the southwest corner of sec. 15, T. 133 N., R. 83 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. H. Thiele
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ekalaka
  • PSC - 30 to 43 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/22/1981
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: terrace
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/22/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 68
  • 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

    ARFR4

    BOGR2

    BRTE

    BRTE

    PASM

    PASM

    Artemisia frigida

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Bromus tectorum

    Bromus tectorum

    Pascopyrum smithii

    Pascopyrum smithii

    prairie sagewort

    blue grama

    cheatgrass

    cheatgrass

    western wheatgrass

    western wheatgrass

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

    mollic epipedon

    albic horizon

    natric horizon

    0—18

    15—30

    30—43

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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

    4

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    270

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.1 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0706; dry when described;
    E—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak very thin platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0707; dry when described;
    Btn—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; fine sandy loam; strong coarse columnar parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots between peds and 0.5 fine roots between peds; clay bridges between sand grains and light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, sand coats on faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0708; dry when described;. The moist color for the sand coats is 10YR 4/2.
    Bz1—43 to 53 centimeters (16.9 to 20.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 25 percent threadlike salt masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0709; dry when described;
    Bz2—53 to 64 centimeters (20.9 to 25.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loamy fine sand; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; 1 percent threadlike salt masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0710; dry when described;
    Cz—64 to 84 centimeters (25.2 to 33.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; very hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; 25 percent coarse yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) manganese masses and 25 percent coarse dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) manganese masses; 1 percent threadlike salt masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary.; dry when described;
    C—84 to 152 centimeters (33.1 to 59.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), light gray (5Y 7/2), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; fragments. Lab sample # NDSU0712; dry when described;