IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Waubay
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987SD011013
  • User Pedon ID: 87SD011013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0390
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 2523 feet W and 215 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, frigid Pachic Udic Haploborolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Waubay
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Waubay
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Pachic Udic Haploboroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1987 (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
    • 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; weak fine granular, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 roots; 2.5 pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P02148. many roots
    A—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 roots; 2.5 pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P02149. 50% worm worked; common roots
    Bw1—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), 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 # 89P02150. 50% worm worked; common roots
    Bw2—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), 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; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P02151. 30% worm worked; common roots
    Bk1—58 to 91 centimeters (22.8 to 35.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) and 1 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic, and 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; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P02152. 10% worm worked; common fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few roots; few fine distinct 10YR22 mottles
    Bk2—91 to 112 centimeters (35.8 to 44.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; loam; very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) and 11 percent gray (10YR 6/1) fine distinct mottles; medium subangular blocky structure; slightly 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 # 89P02153. 5% worm worked; 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); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; sandy loam, loam; very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and 11 percent gray (10YR 6/1) fine distinct mottles; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; 2.5 pores; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P02154. loam strata not sampled; few roots; common fine distinct 10YR61 mottles
    C2(b)—122 to 140 centimeters (48.0 to 55.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6), dry; loamy sand, gravelly loamy sand; 11 percent black (N 2/0) fine prominent mottles; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; 2.5 pores; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P02156. few roots; common fine prominent N20 mottles
    C2(a)—122 to 140 centimeters (48.0 to 55.1 inches); light gray (5Y 7/1), gray (5Y 6/1), dry; loam, silt loam; 11 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine distinct mottles; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 2.5 pores; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P02155. few roots; common fine distinct 2.5Y56 mottles
    2C1—140 to 168 centimeters (55.1 to 66.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; clay loam; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 11 percent gray (10YR 6/1) fine distinct mottles; massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 pores; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P02157. common diagonal sandy wedges of 4 to 16 inches thick; common fine distinct 10YR61 mottles
    3C—168 to 183 centimeters (66.1 to 72.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; loamy sand, sandy loam; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P02158. some pores
    2C2—183 to 244 centimeters (72.0 to 96.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; clay loam; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 11 percent gray (10YR 6/1) fine distinct mottles; massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 89P02159. common fine distinct 10YR61 mottles