IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Pierre
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1987SD071001
User Pedon ID:
87SD071001
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
87P0522
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
59817
Print Date:
11/13/2024
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:
43.9402771
Std. Longitude:
-101.8480530
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
1S
Range:
19E
Section:
21
PLSS Details:
1350 feet N and 2130 feet W of the SE corner
Location Description:
Jackson County, SD.
State:
South Dakota
County:
SD071—Jackson
MLRA:
63A—Northern Rolling Pierre Shale Plains
PEDON
Describers Name:
R. Nielsen
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Torrerts
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from SSL-CMS data
Pedon #:
1
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Pierre
PSC -
25 to 81 cm.
Classificaton Date -
2/1/2010
Moisture Class -
aridic (torric)
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Pierre
Taxonomic Class -
Very-fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Typic Torrert
Taxon Kind -
series
Classificaton Date -
6/1/1987
Moisture Class -
aridic (torric)
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landscape:
upland
Landform:
upland slope
Hill Slope Profile:
backslope
Slope Position:
upper third
Slope Shape Down:
convex
Drainage Class:
well
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
6/1/1987 (actual site observation date)
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
grass/herbaceous cover
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
rangeland, grassland
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
ochric epipedon
cambic horizon
0—16
16—56
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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
7
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744
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45
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1A1—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) crushed, moist; clay; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02775. common fine and medium roots
1A2—9 to 16 centimeters (3.5 to 6.3 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) crushed, moist; clay; weak fine and medium blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02776. common fine and medium roots
1Bw—16 to 34 centimeters (6.3 to 13.4 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) crushed, moist; clay; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 15 percent nonintersecting slickensides on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P02777. few nonintersecting slickensides surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots
1Bk—34 to 56 centimeters (13.4 to 22.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) crushed, moist; clay; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium and coarse blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 15 percent slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P02778. Few fine soft shale fragments.; few fine carbonate concretions concentrations; few intersecting slickensides surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots
1C—56 to 81 centimeters (22.0 to 31.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) crushed, moist; clay; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 37 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) iron stains on faces of peds; 1 percent fine and medium carbonate concretions; 35 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P02779. few fine and medium carbonate concretions concentrations; common iron stains surface features on faces of peds
1Cr1—81 to 100 centimeters (31.9 to 39.4 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) interior, gray (5Y 6/1) interior, moist; 1 percent fine and medium carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P02780. Few fine and medium accumulations of sulfate along fractures and seams. Texture is fine soft shale. Common stains of yellowish brown (10YR 5/4); few fine and medium carbonate concretions concentrations
1Cr2—100 to 130 centimeters (39.4 to 51.2 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) interior, gray (5Y 6/1) interior, moist; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P02781. Common stains of yellowish brown (10YR 5/4). Common fine and medium accumulations of sulfate along fractures and seams. Texture is medium and coarse soft shale.
1Cr3—130 to 150 centimeters (51.2 to 59.1 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) interior, gray (5Y 6/1) interior, moist; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 87P02782. Texture is coarse soft shale. Common stains of yellowish brown (10YR 5/4). Common fine and medium accumulations of sulfate along fractures and seams.