IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Promise
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984SD075001
  • User Pedon ID: 84SD075001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0006
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55726
  • 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: 43.9863892
  • Std. Longitude: -100.7061081
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1S
  • Range: 28E
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 150 feet W and 2155 feet N of SE corner
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD075—Jones
  • MLRA: 63A—Northern Rolling Pierre Shale Plains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. Lemme, A. Faulkner, R. Schlepp and L. Zavesky
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Udic Chromusterts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Promise
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Promise
  • Taxonomic Class - Very-fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Udic Chromuster
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • 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 - crop cover
  • 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

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—52

    15—92

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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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    614

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    45

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    1Ap1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and moderate very fine and fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P00034; moist when described;. common very fine and fine roots
    1Ap2—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) interior and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) crushed, moist; clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P00035; moist when described;. common fine roots
    1Bw1—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) interior and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) crushed, moist; clay; weak medium and coarse prismatic, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 37 percent distinct , moist, nonintersecting slickensides on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P00036; moist when described;. Slickensides are tilted 30 degrees from horizontal and are 1 to 4 cm wide.; common nonintersecting slickensides surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots between peds
    1Bw2—28 to 52 centimeters (11.0 to 20.5 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) interior and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) crushed, moist; clay; weak coarse blocky, and moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 55 percent prominent , moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P00037; moist when described;. Slickensides are tilted 30 degrees from horizontal and are 2 to 10 cm wide.; many intersecting slickensides surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots between peds
    1Bw3—52 to 71 centimeters (20.5 to 28.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) interior and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) crushed, moist; clay; weak medium and coarse blocky, and moderate fine and medium blocky structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 55 percent prominent , moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P00038; moist when described;. Slickensides are tilted 30 to 40 degrees from horizontal and are 1 to 15 cm wide.; many intersecting slickensides surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots between peds
    1Bky—71 to 92 centimeters (28.0 to 36.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) interior and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) crushed, moist; clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 30 percent fine threadlike gypsum masses and 30 percent fine threadlike lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P00039; moist when described;. Threads are dominantly vertical.; many fine masses of gypsum concentrations; many fine soft masses of lime concentrations; few fine roots between peds
    1C1—92 to 118 centimeters (36.2 to 46.5 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) interior and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) crushed, moist; clay; massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 11 percent fine threadlike gypsum masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P00040; moist when described;. Threads are less vertical than in overlying horizon.; common fine masses of gypsum concentrations; few fine roots between peds
    1C2—118 to 165 centimeters (46.5 to 65.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) interior and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) crushed, moist; clay; massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 11 percent fine threadlike gypsum masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 85P00041; moist when described;. Bands of iron concretions and shale chips. Gypsum threads follow shale planes.; common fine masses of gypsum concentrations