IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pierre
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984SD071003
  • User Pedon ID: 84SD071003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55723
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 43.9636116
  • Std. Longitude: -101.9636078
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1S
  • Range: 18E
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 780 feet S and 1025 feet W of NE 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 #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pierre
  • PSC - 25 to 74 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
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • 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—11

    11—74

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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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    773

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    45

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    1A—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior and dark gray (10YR 4/1) crushed, moist; silty clay; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P00015; dry when described;. many fine and medium roots
    1A2—4 to 11 centimeters (1.6 to 4.3 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, moist; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P00016; dry when described;. Roots are concentrated on ped surfaces.; common fine roots
    1Bw1—11 to 28 centimeters (4.3 to 11.0 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; clay; moderate medium and coarse prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots between peds; 15 percent faint nonintersecting slickensides on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P00017; dry when described;. Slickensides are 1 to 2 cm across.; few nonintersecting slickensides surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots between peds; few fine roots throughout
    1Bw2—28 to 56 centimeters (11.0 to 22.0 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 coarse blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots between peds; 37 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P00018; dry when described;. Slickensides are up to 10 cm wide and are tilted 30 to 45 degrees from horizontal and intersect in both directions.; common intersecting slickensides surface features on faces of peds; few fine and medium roots between peds
    1Bk—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) interior, olive gray (5Y 4/2) interior and light olive gray (5Y 6/2) crushed, moist; clay; massive; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 15 percent distinct nonintersecting slickensides on faces of peds; 1 percent fine lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P00019; dry when described;. Slickensides are 2 cm wide and appear to be horizontal.; few fine soft masses of lime concentrations; few nonintersecting slickensides surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots between peds
    1Cr1—74 to 98 centimeters (29.1 to 38.6 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) interior, olive gray (5Y 4/2) interior, moist; weathered bedrock; 37 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) iron stains on faces of peds; 11 percent fine threadlike gypsum masses; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P00020; dry when described;. Clayey shale. Gypsum is in shale seams. Fractured shale in smaller pieces than lower horizon.; common fine masses of gypsum concentrations; common iron stains surface features on faces of peds
    1Cr2—98 to 130 centimeters (38.6 to 51.2 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) interior, olive gray (5Y 4/2) interior, moist; unweathered bedrock; 37 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) iron stains on faces of peds; 1 percent fine gypsum masses; fragments. Lab sample # 85P00021; dry when described;. Gypsum is linear and in shale seams.; few fine masses of gypsum concentrations; common iron stains surface features on faces of peds