IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Zahl
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 89ND023078
  • User Pedon ID: 89ND023078
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0545
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61647
  • 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: 48.6758333
  • Std. Longitude: -104.0280556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2100 feet E and 490 feet S of the NW corner of Section 20, T.160N., R.103W.
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND023—Divide
  • MLRA: 53B—Central Dark Brown Glaciated Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND023—Divide County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Zahl
  • Classificaton Date - 5/8/1989
  • 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: 5/8/1989 (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—15

    15—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

    9

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    270

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P3041; moist when described;
    Bk1—15 to 46 centimeters (5.9 to 18.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; 1 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) fine prominent and 1 percent red (2.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 10 percent medium spherical noncoherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/2) lime masses; 4 percent by volume mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described;. (10YR 8/1) CaCO3—dry color;
    Bk2—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), olive (5Y 5/3), dry; 1 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) fine prominent and 1 percent red (2.5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 10 percent medium spherical noncoherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/2) lime masses; 4 percent by volume mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described;. (10YR 8/1) CaCO3—dry color;
    C1—56 to 114 centimeters (22.0 to 44.9 inches); olive (5Y 4/3), olive (5Y 5/3), dry; 1 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) fine prominent and 1 percent red (2.5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; massive; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented lime masses; 6 percent by volume mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described;. few lignite chips
    C2—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); olive (5Y 4/3), olive (5Y 5/3), dry; 1 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) fine prominent and 5 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) fine prominent mottles; massive; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 6 percent by volume mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified.; moist when described;. few lignite chips