IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Williams
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987ND083425
  • User Pedon ID: 87ND083425
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0562
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59857
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 47.4052773
  • Std. Longitude: -100.4266663
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 145N
  • Range: 77W
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 2575 feet W and 1923 feet N of SE corner
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND083—Sheridan
  • MLRA: 53B—Central Dark Brown Glaciated Plains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C.J. Heidt
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 425
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Williams
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Argiborolls
  • PSC - 15 to 30 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1987 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—30

    15—30

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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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    614

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    45

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    4.6

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    1Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; loam; weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02984. 25% clay.; few very fine roots
    1Bt—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; clay loam; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent prominent clay films; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P02985. 28% clay.; common clay films surface features; few very fine roots
    1Bk—30 to 50 centimeters (11.8 to 19.7 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2) interior and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 87P02986. 25% clay.; few very fine roots