IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pierre
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984SD055002
  • User Pedon ID: 84SD055002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55725
  • 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: 44.1841660
  • Std. Longitude: -101.6322250
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3N
  • Range: 21E
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 560 feet N and 1300 feet W of the SE corner
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD055—Haakon
  • MLRA: 63A—Northern Rolling Pierre Shale Plains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. Lemme, R. Schlepp, A. Faulkner and L. Zavesky
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Torrerts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pierre
  • PSC - 25 to 69 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pierre
  • Taxonomic Class - Very-fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Typic Torrert
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—6

    6—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

    7

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    724

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    270

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    1A—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) crushed, moist; silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine granular structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 fine and medium roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P00028; dry when described;. common fine and medium roots
    1AB—6 to 18 centimeters (2.4 to 7.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) crushed, moist; clay; weak medium blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 fine and medium roots between peds and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 37 percent distinct nonintersecting slickensides on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P00029; dry when described;. Slickensides 2 to 5 cm wide but not tilted.; common nonintersecting slickensides surface features on faces of peds; common fine and medium roots between peds; few fine roots throughout
    1Bw1—18 to 50 centimeters (7.1 to 19.7 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) crushed, moist; clay; moderate medium and coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 fine roots between peds; 37 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron concretions; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P00030; dry when described;. Slickensides are tilted 10 to 30 degrees from horizontal and are 5 to 10 cm wide.; few fine iron concretions concentrations; common intersecting slickensides surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots between peds
    1Bw2—50 to 69 centimeters (19.7 to 27.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) crushed, moist; clay; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium and coarse blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 55 percent prominent slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron concretions; 11 percent fine gypsum masses; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P00031; dry when described;. Slickensides are tilted up to 45 degrees from horizontal and are 3 to 15 cm wide.; common fine masses of gypsum concentrations; few fine iron concretions concentrations; many intersecting slickensides surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots between peds; continuous - phpvsfiid 217906; continuous - phpvsfiid 217906
    1Cr1—69 to 100 centimeters (27.2 to 39.4 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) crushed, moist; weathered bedrock; massive; 0.5 fine roots between peds; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) iron stains on vertical faces of peds and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) iron stains on vertical faces of peds; 30 percent fine gypsum masses and 30 percent fine lime masses; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P00032; dry when described;. 75 to 80 % highly fractured shale.; many fine masses of gypsum concentrations; many fine soft masses of lime concentrations; few fine roots between peds
    1Cr2—100 to 175 centimeters (39.4 to 68.9 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) interior, olive gray (5Y 4/2) interior and olive gray (5Y 4/2) crushed, moist; unweathered bedrock; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) iron stains on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments. Lab sample # 85P00033; dry when described;. Clayey fractured shale.