IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Max
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 82ND061037
  • User Pedon ID: 82ND061037
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 82ND061037
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69962
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 48.3377095
  • Std. Longitude: -102.3055793
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: NW 1/4 sec.18, T. 156 N., R. 90W.
  • 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: MTS, JMS
  • 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 - 11/17/1982
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/17/1982 (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—36

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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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    180

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine low-continuity pores; 5 percent by volume unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0224
    Bw—15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity pores; 95 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent by volume unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0225. continuous - phpvsfiid 90248; continuous - phpvsfiid 90248
    Bk1—36 to 43 centimeters (14.2 to 16.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine moderate-continuity pores; 30 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent fine spherical lime masses throughout; 10 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0226. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 90249; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 90249
    Bk2—43 to 86 centimeters (16.9 to 33.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) rubbed, light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine moderate-continuity pores; 25 percent medium spherical lime masses throughout; 10 percent by volume unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0227
    C1—86 to 97 centimeters (33.9 to 38.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; clay loam; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; 10 percent by volume unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0228
    C2—97 to 107 centimeters (38.2 to 42.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), dry; sandy clay loam; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 13 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0229
    C3—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; clay loam; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # NDSU0230