IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lowe
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987SD025018
  • User Pedon ID: 87SD025018
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0187
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60310
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 44.9416656
  • Std. Longitude: -97.7388916
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 117N
  • Range: 58W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 2900 feet S and 275 feet W of the NE corner
  • Location Description: Clark County, SD.
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD025—Clark

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Eugene Preston and Mark Hauser
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Typic Calciaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 18
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lowe
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lowe
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, frigid Typic Calciaquoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1987
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flood plain
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    1A—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, dry; loam; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P00980
    1Bk1—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, gray (10YR 5/1) interior, dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 roots; 30 percent fine carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P00981. many fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; common roots
    1Bk2—43 to 89 centimeters (16.9 to 35.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, gray (10YR 5/1) interior, dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 11 percent fine carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P00982. common fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few roots
    1C1—89 to 145 centimeters (35.0 to 57.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) interior, light gray (5Y 7/1) interior, dry; stratified silt loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 roots; 11 percent fine carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P00983. Few fine strata of loam.; common fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few roots; common fine prominent 7.5YR58 mottles
    1C2—145 to 152 centimeters (57.1 to 59.8 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) interior, light gray (5Y 7/1) interior, dry; gravelly loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. few fine prominent 7.5YR56 mottles