IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Larvie
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984SD071002
  • User Pedon ID: 84SD071002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55722
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 43.9383316
  • Std. Longitude: -101.9800034
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1S
  • Range: 18E
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 470 feet N and 130 feet W of SE corner
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD071—Jackson
  • 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 - Larvie
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Larvie
  • 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 Position: middle third
  • 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—16

    16—75

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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

    4

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    800

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    135

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    1A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, moist; silty clay; weak very fine and fine granular structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 fine and medium roots; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P00008; dry when described;. Surface mulch.; many fine and medium roots
    1A2—5 to 16 centimeters (2.0 to 6.3 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior and dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, moist; clay; moderate fine and medium prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P00009; dry when described;. Pockets of calcareous material.; common very fine and fine roots
    1Bw1—16 to 26 centimeters (6.3 to 10.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior and dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior and brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; clay; moderate medium prismatic, and weak medium blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots between peds; 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 # 85P00010; dry when described;. Slickensides are 1 to 2 cm wide and tilted 15 degrees from horizontal.; common nonintersecting slickensides surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots between peds; few very fine roots throughout
    1Bw2—26 to 47 centimeters (10.2 to 18.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior and brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; clay; weak medium blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 55 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P00011; dry when described;. Slickensides are tilted 20 to 25 degrees from horizontal.; many intersecting slickensides surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots between peds; continuous - phpvsfiid 217889; continuous - phpvsfiid 217889
    1BC—47 to 75 centimeters (18.5 to 29.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, brown (10YR 4/3) exterior and brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; clay; weak 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 lime masses and 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P00012; dry when described;. Slickensides are 2 to 5 cm apart, tilted at 30 to 35 degrees from horizontal and are 2 to 4 cm wide.; few fine soft masses of lime concentrations; few fine lime concretions concentrations; many intersecting slickensides surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots between peds; continuous - phpvsfiid 217890; continuous - phpvsfiid 217890
    1C—75 to 107 centimeters (29.5 to 42.1 inches); pinkish gray (5YR 6/2) exterior and weak red (2.5YR 5/2) exterior, weak red (10R 4/3) exterior and reddish brown (5YR 4/3) exterior, moist; clay; massive; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 15 percent faint slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds and 37 percent faint nonintersecting slickensides on faces of peds; 11 percent fine lime masses and 11 percent fine gypsum crystals, unspecified; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P00013; dry when described;. Slickensides are about 2 cm wide and most are horizontal with a few to 15 degrees from horizontal.; common fine soft masses of lime concentrations; common fine gypsum crystals concentrations; common nonintersecting slickensides surface features on faces of peds; few intersecting slickensides surface features on faces of peds
    1Cr—107 to 160 centimeters (42.1 to 63.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and weak red (10R 4/4) interior, reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and weak red (10R 4/4) interior, moist; weathered bedrock; 11 percent coarse gypsum crystals, unspecified; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 85P00014; moist when described;. Clayey shale (Interior member of the Pierre).; common coarse gypsum crystals concentrations