IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sakakawea
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 86ND061301
  • User Pedon ID: 86ND061301
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 86ND061301
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71143
  • 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: 48.4991667
  • Std. Longitude: -102.6569444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1,500 feet south and 2,425 feet west of the northeast corner of sec. 23, T. 158N., R. 93 W.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND061—Mountrail
  • MLRA: 53B—Central Dark Brown Glaciated Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND061—Mountrail County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Heidt, D. VanderBusch, M. Whited
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sakakawea
  • Classificaton Date - 10/15/1986
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: glacial lake (relict)
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/15/1986 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    calcic horizon

    0—18

    15—53

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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

    3

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    90

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 25 percent fine irregular lime masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0262
    BK1—15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 1 percent fine irregular lime masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0263
    BK2—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; silt loam; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 1 percent fine carbonate threads throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0264
    C1—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silt loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0265
    C2—74 to 104 centimeters (29.1 to 40.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), dry; loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0266
    C3—104 to 152 centimeters (40.9 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), dry; silty clay loam, loamy sand; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # NDSU0267