IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chama
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 83ND033162
  • User Pedon ID: 83ND033162
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 83ND033162
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71028
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 46.7175000
  • Std. Longitude: -103.8613889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 575 feet north and 515 feet west of the southeast corner of section 36, T. 138 N., R. 105 W.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND033—Golden Valley
  • MLRA: 54—Rolling Soft Shale Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND033—Golden Valley County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DP, JA, SE
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chama
  • Classificaton Date - 8/4/1983
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: siltstone, unspecified
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/4/1983 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    calcic horizon

    paralithic contact

    0—25

    25—69

    89—0

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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

    3

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0647; dry when described;
    Bw—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0648; dry when described;
    Bk1—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0649; dry when described;
    Bk2—46 to 69 centimeters (18.1 to 27.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), dry; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.1 very fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0650; dry when described;
    C—69 to 89 centimeters (27.2 to 35.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 8/2) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), dry; silt loam; 10 percent pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) fine prominent mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.1 very fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0651; moist when described;
    Cr1—89 to 117 centimeters (35.0 to 46.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), dry; weathered bedrock; slightly hard; 0.1 very fine roots; 0.1 very fine pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0652; moist when described;
    Cr2—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) weathered bedrock; extremely hard; 0.1 very fine roots; 0.1 very fine pores; brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron stains; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # NDSU0653; moist when described;