IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Max
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 82ND061034
  • User Pedon ID: 82ND061034
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 82ND061034
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70480
  • Print Date: 4/21/2025

    • 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: 48.2655200
  • Std. Longitude: -102.3730670
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 750'E & 1350'S of the NW corner of sec.10 T.155N., R.71W.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND061—Mountrail
  • MLRA: 53B—Central Dark Brown Glaciated Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND061—Mountrail County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: SE, JS, MS
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Max
  • Classificaton Date - 10/20/1982
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/20/1982 (actual site observation date)
  • 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 and water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    0—25

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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

    8

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    270

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    Ap—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 medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0215. 46-50 inches is a layer of sand.
    Bw1—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, coats throughout and clay films on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0216
    Bw2—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0217
    C—43 to 127 centimeters (16.9 to 50.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), dry; loam; massive; slightly hard, friable; 10 percent fine and medium lime masses throughout; 12 percent by volume unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # NDSU0218