IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Esmond
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
88ND091505
User Pedon ID:
88ND091505
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
NDSU
Lab Pedon # -
88ND091505
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
72974
Print Date:
11/23/2024
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:
47.3293225
Std. Longitude:
-97.7611379
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
E1/2 of the SW1/4 of the SE1/4 of section 35, T. 145 N., R. 56 W.
Country:
US—United States
State:
North Dakota
County:
ND091—Steele
MLRA:
55B—Central Black Glaciated Plains
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
ND091—Steele County, North Dakota
PEDON
Describers Name:
Yassin
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
not classified to current taxon name
Pedon Purpose:
research site
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from PDP 3.x
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Esmond
Classificaton Date -
6/11/1988
Moisture Class -
udic
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landscape:
till plain
Landform:
ground moraine
Drainage Class:
well
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
6/11/1988 (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
Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
mollic epipedon
calcic horizon
0—20
20—43
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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
5
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180
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Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU2025. The Ap horizon has a cloddy surface. Disseminated lime in each horizon.
BCk—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine continuous tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU2026. Disseminated lime in each horizon. Vertical pores in the BCk horizon.
C—43 to 124 centimeters (16.9 to 48.8 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) silt loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine continuous tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # NDSU2027. Disseminated lime in each horizon. Vertical pores in the C horizon.