IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Belfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 83ND033164
  • User Pedon ID: 83ND033164
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 83ND033164
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71749
  • 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: 46.6202778
  • Std. Longitude: -103.9888889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2,700 feet south and 135 feet east of the NW corner of sec.3, T.136N., R.106W.
  • 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: JA, DDP, FA, SE
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Belfield
  • Classificaton Date - 8/5/1983
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: s strong weathered sandstone and shale
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/5/1983 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    natric horizon

    0—53

    28—109

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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

    4

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    A1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0660; moist when described;
    A2—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; strong coarse prismatic parts to strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0661; moist when described;
    B/E—28 to 53 centimeters (11.0 to 20.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; clay loam; strong coarse prismatic parts to strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry, silt coats and sand coats on faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0662; dry when described;. Sand coats are in upper 2 inches of horizon.
    Btn—53 to 79 centimeters (20.9 to 31.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; clay loam; strong coarse prismatic parts to strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; 90 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0663; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 90242; continuous - phpvsfiid 90242
    Bk—79 to 109 centimeters (31.1 to 42.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; 10 percent fine lime masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0664; dry when described;
    Bkyz—109 to 127 centimeters (42.9 to 50.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; 10 percent salt masses throughout and 5 percent gypsum masses throughout and 5 percent gypsum threads throughout and 1 percent lime masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0665; dry when described;
    Cyz—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; loam; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; 1 percent gypsum masses throughout and 1 percent gypsum threads throughout and 1 percent salt masses throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # NDSU0666; dry when described;