IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): LAWTHER
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 84ND041192
  • User Pedon ID: 84ND041192
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 84ND041192
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71636
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024

    • 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: 46.3613889
  • Std. Longitude: -102.8458333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1,100 feet west and 2,600 feet north of the SE corner of sec.3, T.133 N., R.97 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: DP, TK, MW, JT, JA
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - LAWTHER
  • Classificaton Date - 10/15/1984
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: plain
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/15/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    0—79

    38—79

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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

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and 0.1 medium and coarse pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0755; moist when described;. Partings (filled cracks) of very dark brown (10yr 2/2) and very dark grayish brown (10yr 3/2) extended to a depth of 50 inches.
    A—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and 0.1 medium and coarse pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0756; moist when described;
    Bt1—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), dry; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine pores; 60 percent distinct clay films; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0757; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 90000; continuous - phpvsfiid 90000
    Bt2—58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine pores; 60 percent faint clay films; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0758; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 90001; continuous - phpvsfiid 90001
    Btk—79 to 122 centimeters (31.1 to 48.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine pores; 25 percent faint clay films; 1 percent fine irregular lime masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0759; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 90002; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 90002
    Bk—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine pores; 10 percent fine irregular lime masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # NDSU0760; moist when described;