IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chama
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 83ND033163
  • User Pedon ID: 83ND033163
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 83ND033163
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70556
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 46.7686111
  • Std. Longitude: -103.8075000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2,430 feet south and 2,550 feet east of the northwest corner of section 16, T. 138 N., R. 104 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: FA, SE, DP
  • 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 - 2
  • 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:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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—18

    13—66

    66—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

    5

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0654
    Bw—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0655. This horizon was sampled for engineering properties.
    Bk1—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0656
    Bk2—38 to 66 centimeters (15.0 to 26.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0657. This horizon was sampled for engineering properties.
    Cr1—66 to 91 centimeters (26.0 to 35.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; weathered bedrock; massive; 0.1 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; 10 percent gypsum crystal clusters; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0658. Common nests, threads, and seams of gypsum in this horizon.
    Cr2—91 to 152 centimeters (35.8 to 59.8 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and olive gray (5Y 5/2), pale yellow (2.5Y 8/4) and light gray (5Y 7/2), dry; weathered bedrock; massive; 0.1 very fine roots and 0.1 medium roots; 1 percent gypsum crystal clusters; fragments. Lab sample # NDSU0659. Few nests, threads, and seams of gypsum in this horizon.