IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lefor
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 85ND041204
  • User Pedon ID: 85ND041204
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 85ND041204
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 85ND041204
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72511
  • 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: 46.6241667
  • Std. Longitude: -102.7472222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1230 feet north and 2000 feet west of the southeast corner, sec 4 - T. 136 N. - R. 96 W.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND041—Hettinger
  • MLRA: 54—Rolling Soft Shale Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND041—Hettinger County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M. G. Ulmer, D. D. Patterson
  • 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 - Lefor
  • Classificaton Date - 10/25/1985
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Bedrock: s sandstone and siltstone
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/25/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 2
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BOGR2

    GRIND

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Grindelia

    blue grama

    gumweed

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

    mollic epipedon

    albic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—18

    13—33

    33—61

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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

    0

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.3 very fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0768; dry when described;
    B/E—13 to 33 centimeters (5.1 to 13.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; very fine sandy loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to weak medium platy structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.3 very fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0769; dry when described;
    Bt—33 to 61 centimeters (13.0 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; loam; strong coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry, coats on tops of soil columns and clay films on faces of peds and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, coats on tops of soil columns; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0770; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 89094; continuous - phpvsfiid 89095; continuous - phpvsfiid 90538; continuous - phpvsfiid 89094; continuous - phpvsfiid 89095; continuous - phpvsfiid 90538
    Bk1—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0771; dry when described;
    Bk2—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0772; dry when described;
    C—102 to 130 centimeters (40.2 to 51.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented lime masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0773; dry when described;
    Cr—130 to 165 centimeters (51.2 to 65.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; stratified loamy very fine sand to very fine sandy loam to silt loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented lime masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # NDSU0774; dry when described;