IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Niobell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 88ND023068
  • User Pedon ID: 88ND023068
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0290
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61394
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 48.9611111
  • Std. Longitude: -103.0497222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 290 feet W and 2000 feet S of the NE corner of Section 7, T.163N., R.95W.
  • State: North Dakota
  • MLRA: 53A—Northern Dark Brown Glaciated Plains

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Niobell
  • Classificaton Date - 11/14/1988
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: till plain
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/14/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Setting and Climate
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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.1 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01613. 89P1613
    E/B—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; weak medium platy parts to moderate fine platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.1 fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P01614. 89P1614
    Bt—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dry; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots and 0.1 fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P01615. 89P1615
    Bk1—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary.
    Bk2—61 to 91 centimeters (24.0 to 35.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary.
    C—91 to 152 centimeters (35.8 to 59.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; 5 percent gray (10YR 6/1) medium distinct mottles; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified.