IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Karlsruhe
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 84ND049066
  • User Pedon ID: 84ND049066
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 84ND049066
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 84ND049066
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72754
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 48.3852778
  • Std. Longitude: -100.3791667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1340' E & 100' S of the NW corner of Sec. 32 T.157 N., R. 75 W.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND049—McHenry
  • MLRA: 55A—Northern Black Glaciated Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND049—McHenry County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: SS, SE, PD, RM, JM, DH
  • 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 - Karlsruhe
  • Classificaton Date - 8/16/1984
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/16/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind and water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PAVI2

    SCSC

    Panicum virgatum

    Schizachyrium scoparium

    switchgrass

    little bluestem

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

    calcic horizon

    ochric epipedon

    0—23

    0—23

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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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    Ak1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1205
    Ak2—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; sandy loam; 10 percent brown (10YR 4/3) fine distinct mottles; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.3 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1206
    Abk—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; sandy loam; 10 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) medium prominent mottles; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1207. ABK horizon has common 3/4 inch to 2 inch thcik bands of black (1oyr2/1).
    Bk—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; loamy coarse sand; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1208
    C1—64 to 94 centimeters (25.2 to 37.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dry; coarse sand; 10 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) medium distinct mottles; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 fine roots throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1209. The C1 horizon effervessence is only audibly and not visiually evident.
    C2—94 to 130 centimeters (37.0 to 51.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), dry; sand; 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium prominent mottles; single grain; nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # NDSU1210. The C2 horizon effervessence is only audibly and not visually evident. At 90 inches the sand changes to a yellowish hue.