IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Zahl
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 89ND023072
  • User Pedon ID: 89ND023072
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0539
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61641
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 48.9116667
  • Std. Longitude: -104.0369444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 650 feet W and 940 feet N of the SE corner of Section 27, T.163N., R.103W.
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND023—Divide
  • MLRA: 53A—Northern Dark Brown Glaciated Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND023—Divide County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Zahl
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/1989
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: till plain
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/4/1989 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 11
  • 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—13

    13—56

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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

    7

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P03035; moist when described;
    Bk1—13 to 43 centimeters (5.1 to 16.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films; 25 percent coarse spherical noncoherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/2) lime masses; 2 percent by volume mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described;
    Bk2—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; 1 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) fine prominent and 5 percent gray (10YR 5/1) medium faint mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 fine roots; 1 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented lime masses; 6 percent by volume mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described;
    C—56 to 152 centimeters (22.0 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; 5 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 10 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented lime masses; 6 percent by volume mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified.; moist when described;. lignite chips common