IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Embden
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 81ND049028
  • User Pedon ID: 81ND049028
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 81ND049028
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72121
  • 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: 48.5936111
  • Std. Longitude: -100.8538889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2,250 feet east and 1,760 feet north of the southwest corner of section 15, T. 159 N., R. 79 W.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND049—McHenry
  • MLRA: 55A—Northern Black Glaciated Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND049—McHenry County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L.L. DesLauriers
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Embden
  • Classificaton Date - 10/26/1981
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/26/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 3
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—56

    56—76

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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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    180

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary.
    A—15 to 43 centimeters (5.9 to 16.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary.
    Bw1—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary.
    Bw2—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1185
    Bk—76 to 114 centimeters (29.9 to 44.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary.
    C—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), dry; fine sandy loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine distinct mottles; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified.