IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Owanka
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985SD103005
  • User Pedon ID: 85SD103005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0662
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 56928
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 43.9763870
  • Std. Longitude: -102.9375000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1S
  • Range: 10E
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 2,480 feet north and 200 feet east of the southwest corner
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD103—Pennington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Arvid Meland and Robert Nielsen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aridic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Owanka
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Owanka
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Aridic Haplustoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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
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    1A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay; moderate fine and medium granular structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P03438. many fine roots; few coarse roots
    1Bw1—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P03439. few medium roots; common fine roots
    1Bk1—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 fine roots; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P03440. few fine carbonate concretions concentrations; common fine roots
    1Bk2—48 to 74 centimeters (18.9 to 29.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay; moderate coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 11 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P03441. common fine carbonate concretions concentrations; few fine roots
    1Cy—74 to 119 centimeters (29.1 to 46.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; silty clay; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P03442. Few fine accumulations of calcium sulfate and other salts.; few fine carbonate concretions concentrations
    1C—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silty clay; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 85P03443