IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Moreau
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 83ND041095
  • User Pedon ID: 83ND041095
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 83ND041095
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72913
  • 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: 46.4272222
  • Std. Longitude: -102.7238889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1625' W & 50"N. of the SE corner of sec. 8, T. 134 N., R. 96 W.
  • 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: 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 - Moreau
  • Classificaton Date - 9/26/1983
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: plain
  • Bedrock: shale, unspecified
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/26/1983 (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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind and water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    0—18

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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
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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0727
    Bw1—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0728
    Bw2—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.1 very fine pores; 10 percent medium lime masses throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0729
    Bw3—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); olive (5Y 4/3), pale olive (5Y 6/3), dry; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.1 very fine pores; 1 percent medium lime masses throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0730
    Byz—61 to 89 centimeters (24.0 to 35.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), light olive gray (5Y 6/2) and pale olive (5Y 6/3), dry; channery silty clay; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; moderate coarse prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; 0.1 very fine pores; 25 percent fine salt masses throughout and 25 percent fine gypsum masses throughout and 1 percent medium lime masses throughout; 20 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0731
    Cr1—89 to 127 centimeters (35.0 to 50.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), light olive gray (5Y 6/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dry; 10 percent medium gypsum masses throughout; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0732
    Cr2—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1), gray (5Y 6/1) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), dry; 10 percent medium gypsum masses throughout; fragments. Lab sample # NDSU0733