IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Amor
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 89ND047135
  • User Pedon ID: 89ND047135
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0200
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62133
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • 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: 46.3483333
  • Std. Longitude: -99.8555556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2650' S and 650' W from the NE corner of Section 9, R.73W. and T.133N.
  • State: North Dakota
  • MLRA: 54—Rolling Soft Shale Plain

    • 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 - Amor
  • Classificaton Date - 9/20/1989
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/20/1989 (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
    • 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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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.1 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P01314. 90P1314
    Bw1—18 to 41 centimeters (7.1 to 16.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dry; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P01315. 90P1315
    Bw2—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), dry; moderate medium prismatic structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 1 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P01316. 90P1316
    BCk—58 to 74 centimeters (22.8 to 29.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), dry; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P01317. 90P1317
    Cr—74 to 152 centimeters (29.1 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 90P01318. 90P1318