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: 11/11/2024

    • 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.