IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Felor
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 83ND041087
  • User Pedon ID: 83ND041087
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 83ND041087
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 83ND041087
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72748
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 46.6233333
  • Std. Longitude: -102.8691667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1,280 feet west and 2,750 feet north of the SE corner of sec.4, T.136N., R.97W.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND041—Hettinger
  • MLRA: 54—Rolling Soft Shale Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND041—Hettinger County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M. Ulmer
  • 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 - Felor
  • Classificaton Date - 9/25/1983
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/25/1983 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BOGR2

    KOELE

    PASM

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Koeleria

    Pascopyrum smithii

    blue grama

    Junegrass

    western wheatgrass

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—18

    20—76

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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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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0845
    Bw—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0844
    Bt1—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 60 percent faint clay films; 3 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0843. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 90238; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 90238
    Bt2—43 to 76 centimeters (16.9 to 29.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 60 percent faint clay films; 3 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0842. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 90239; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 90239
    2Bw—76 to 104 centimeters (29.9 to 40.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 10 percent coarse irregular lime masses throughout; 5 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0841
    2C—104 to 152 centimeters (40.9 to 59.8 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), pink (5YR 7/4), dry; silty clay; massive; very hard, very firm; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # NDSU0840