IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Forman
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 88ND073006
  • User Pedon ID: 88ND073006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0187
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62120
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 2090' E and 120' S of the NW corner of Section 11, T.133, R.56.
  • State: North Dakota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND073—Ransom County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Forman
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1988
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

    2

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    225

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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; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. 90P1242
    Bt1—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; moderate medium prismatic, and strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots; 95 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. 90P1243; tongues of A into Bt1
    Bt2—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; moderate medium prismatic, and strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 75 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. 90P1244
    Bk—48 to 97 centimeters (18.9 to 38.2 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. 90P1245
    C—97 to 152 centimeters (38.2 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence. 90P1246; small nests of gypsum in the lower part