IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Weta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982SD071003
  • User Pedon ID: 82SD071003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0825
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51612
  • 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: 43.8591652
  • Std. Longitude: -101.9625015
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 18E
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 572 meters N and 275 meters W of the SE corner
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD071—Jackson
  • MLRA: 60A—Pierre Shale Plains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Schlepp Maurice Mausbach and G. Lemme
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Leptic Natrustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Weta
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Weta
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Leptic Natrustoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1982
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: intermontane basin
  • Landform: playa or alluvial flat
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.05 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1982 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    natric horizon

    0—29

    5—29

    5—29

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    —-

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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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    —

    787

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    41

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    391972

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    1E—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silt loam; weak fine platy structure; soft, friable; 5.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P04248. many fine and medium roots
    1Bt1—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, moist; silty clay; strong fine and medium columnar, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 fine roots in cracks; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P04249. many fine roots in cracks
    1Bt2—13 to 29 centimeters (5.1 to 11.4 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, moist; silty clay; weak medium prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 fine roots in cracks; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P04250. many fine roots in cracks
    2BCkz—29 to 50 centimeters (11.4 to 19.7 inches); 50 percent gray (10YR 6/1) interior and 50 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots in cracks; 2 percent fine salt masses and 2 percent fine lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P04251. few to common fine salt masses concentrations; few to common fine soft masses of lime concentrations; few fine roots in cracks
    2Ckz—50 to 75 centimeters (19.7 to 29.5 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; massive; hard, friable; 11 percent fine salt masses and 11 percent fine lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P04252. common fine salt masses concentrations; common fine soft masses of lime concentrations
    2C1—75 to 139 centimeters (29.5 to 54.7 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; massive; hard, friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P04253. Weak thin bedding planes evident.
    2C2—139 to 152 centimeters (54.7 to 59.8 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 82P04254. Weak thin bedding planes evident.