IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Poinsett
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987SD011009
  • User Pedon ID: 87SD011009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0386
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61490
  • Print Date: 4/29/2025

    • 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: 44.5133324
  • Std. Longitude: -96.9775009
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 112N
  • Range: 51W
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 2620 feet W and 325 feet S of NE corner
  • Location Description: Brookings County, SD.
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD011—Brookings
  • MLRA: 102A—Rolling Till Prairie

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bruce Kunze
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, frigid Udic Haploborolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Poinsett
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Poinsett
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Udic Haploboroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P02111. common roots
    Bw1—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 roots; 2.5 pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P02112. 25% worm worked; common roots
    Bw2—33 to 58 centimeters (13.0 to 22.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 2.5 pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P02113. 10% worm worked; few roots
    Bk1—58 to 86 centimeters (22.8 to 33.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 2.5 pores; 1 percent fine spherical carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P02114. 5% worm worked; few fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few roots
    Bk2—86 to 112 centimeters (33.9 to 44.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; silty clay loam; very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 11 percent gray (10YR 6/1) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 2.5 pores; 11 percent fine spherical carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P02115. common fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few roots; common fine distinct 10YR61 mottles
    C1—112 to 122 centimeters (44.1 to 48.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; loam, sandy loam; very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 30 percent gray (10YR 6/1) medium distinct mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 pores; 1 percent fine spherical carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P02116. few fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; many medium distinct 10YR61 mottles
    2C1—122 to 150 centimeters (48.0 to 59.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; clay loam; gray (10YR 6/1) and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; massive; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 11 percent fine spherical carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P02117. common vertical wedges of loamy sand; common fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; common fine prominent 7.5YR58 mottles
    2C2—150 to 244 centimeters (59.1 to 96.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), dry; clay loam; gray (10YR 6/1) and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; massive; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent fine spherical carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 89P02118. few fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; common fine prominent 7.5YR58 mottles