IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cubden
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988SD025038
  • User Pedon ID: 88SD025038
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0267
  • Print Date: 7/14/2025

    • 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: 44.8619461
  • Std. Longitude: -97.5402756
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 116N
  • Range: 56W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 2300 feet W and 80 feet S of the NE corner
  • Map Unit: Cw—Cubden-Tonka silty clay loams, coteau, 0 to 2 percent slopesCw—Cubden-Tonka silty clay loams
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD025—Clark
  • MLRA: 102D—Prairie Coteau
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-RED—Redfield, South Dakota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SD025—Clark County, South Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Karl J. Krueger
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, frigid Aeric Calciaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 38
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cubden
  • Classificaton Date - 11/30/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bearden
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Calciaquoll
  • Taxon Kind - variant
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: periglacial loess over fine-loamy till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/1/1988 (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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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
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    56

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 fine roots; 1 percent fine carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01512. few fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; common fine roots
    ABk—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 fine roots; 30 percent fine carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P01513. many fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; common fine roots
    Bk1—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 fine roots; carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P01514. common fine roots
    Bk2—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P01515
    C1—71 to 102 centimeters (28.0 to 40.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), dry; silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P01516. few very fine roots; few fine prominent 5YR58 mottles
    C2—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silty clay loam; 11 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; massive; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2 percent faint dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) manganese or iron-manganese stains; 1 percent fine carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 89P01517. few fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; very few manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features; common fine prominent 5YR58 mottles
    2C—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; clay loam; 30 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 15 percent faint dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) manganese or iron-manganese stains; 1 percent fine carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 89P01518. few fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features; many fine prominent 5YR58 mottles