IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Zahl
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989ND023074
  • User Pedon ID: 89ND023074
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0541
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61643
  • 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: 48.8144455
  • Std. Longitude: -103.9872208
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 162N
  • Range: 102W
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 770 feet E and 2540 feet N of the SW corner
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND023—Divide
  • MLRA: 53B—Central Dark Brown Glaciated Plains
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-BIS—Bismarck, North Dakota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND023—Divide County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Richard Rolling
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Calciustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 74
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Zahl
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/12/2014
  • Classifier - Kyle Thomson
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1989 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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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    A p—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P03037. common fine roots; common very fine roots; effervescence is discontinuous
    B k1—18 to 41 centimeters (7.1 to 16.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist; loam; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. (10YR 7/3) CaCO3; few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is discontinuous
    B k2—41 to 64 centimeters (16.1 to 25.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist; clay loam; 1 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. few very fine roots; few fine distinct 2.5YR48 mottles
    C—64 to 152 centimeters (25.2 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; clay loam; 1 percent dark red (10R 3/6) fine distinct and 1 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) fine distinct mottles; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence. gypsum found; few very fine roots; few fine distinct 10R36 mottles; few fine distinct 2.5YR48 mottles; effervescence is discontinuous