IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Amor
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 83ND033178
  • User Pedon ID: 83ND033178
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 83ND033178
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71267
  • 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: 47.2938889
  • Std. Longitude: -103.8708333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1,500 feet east and 1,320 feet south of the northwest corner of section 16, T. 144 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: FPA
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Amor
  • Classificaton Date - 10/14/1983
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: s sandstone, calcareous
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/14/1983 (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

    cambic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—15

    15—30

    43—69

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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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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.1 very fine pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0667; dry when described;
    Bw—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; loam; strong coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0668; dry when described;
    Bk1—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; loam; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; 10 percent fine lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0669; dry when described;
    Bk2—43 to 69 centimeters (16.9 to 27.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; loam; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; 10 percent fine lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0670; dry when described;
    Bk3—69 to 91 centimeters (27.2 to 35.8 inches); olive (5Y 5/3), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; 10 percent medium lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0671; dry when described;
    Cr1—91 to 119 centimeters (35.8 to 46.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; weathered bedrock; massive; 0.1 very fine roots; 0.1 very fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0672; dry when described;
    Cr2—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); 0.1 very fine roots; 0.1 very fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # NDSU0673; dry when described;