IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Pierre
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1987SD071003
User Pedon ID:
87SD071003
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
87P0524
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
59819
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:
43.9494438
Std. Longitude:
-101.8688889
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
1S
Range:
19E
Section:
20
PLSS Details:
600 feet s and 2400 feet W of the NE 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 #:
3
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Pierre
PSC -
25 to 86 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—15
15—62
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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
8
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744
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270
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1A1—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) crushed, moist; clay; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 medium roots; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02790. common medium roots
1A2—6 to 15 centimeters (2.4 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) crushed, moist; clay; weak fine and medium blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 medium roots; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02791. common medium roots
1Bw—15 to 41 centimeters (5.9 to 16.1 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 medium roots; 15 percent nonintersecting slickensides on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P02792. few nonintersecting slickensides surface features on faces of peds; few medium roots
1Bk—41 to 62 centimeters (16.1 to 24.4 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) crushed, moist; clay; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium and coarse blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium 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 # 87P02793. few fine carbonate concretions concentrations; few intersecting slickensides surface features on faces of peds; few medium roots
1C—62 to 86 centimeters (24.4 to 33.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior, olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) crushed, moist; shaly clay; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 37 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds; 1 percent fine and medium carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P02794. 50% by volume soft shale fragments.; few fine and medium carbonate concretions concentrations; common manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features on faces of peds
1Cr1—86 to 108 centimeters (33.9 to 42.5 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) interior and pale olive (5Y 6/4) interior, very dark gray (5Y 3/1) interior and olive (5Y 4/3) interior, moist; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P02795. Texture is fine soft shale. Common stains of yellowish brown (10YR 5/4). Few medium accumulations of sulfate along fractures and seams.
1Cr2—108 to 150 centimeters (42.5 to 59.1 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) interior and pale olive (5Y 6/4) interior, very dark gray (5Y 3/1) interior and olive (5Y 4/3) interior, moist; fragments. Lab sample # 87P02796. Texture is fine soft shale. Common stains of yellowish brown (10YR 5/4). Few medium accumulations of sulfate along fractures and seams.