IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Badger
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989SD025009
  • User Pedon ID: 89SD025009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1989SD025009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0238
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 44.5701710
  • Std. Longitude: -97.6852920
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 113N
  • Range: 57W
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 2340 feet E and 1170 feet S of the NW corner
  • Map Unit: 30A—BADGER-TONKA SILTY CLAY LOAMSAt—Aastad-Tonka complex
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD025—Clark
  • MLRA: 102A—Rolling Till Prairie
  • 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, smectitic, frigid Typic Argiaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Badger
  • PSC - 36 to 81 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Badger
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, frigid Typic Argiaquoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: swale
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: frequent flooding for brief periods
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1989 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BROMU

    Bromus

    brome

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—81

    36—81

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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

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    546

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    53

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    7

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    A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P01501. common very fine and fine roots throughout
    A2—13 to 36 centimeters (5.1 to 14.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P01502. common very fine and fine roots throughout
    Bt1—36 to 66 centimeters (14.2 to 26.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots between peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P01503. common very fine and fine roots between peds
    Bt2—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2 percent distinct clay films; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. no sample; very few clay films surface features; common very fine and fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 224698; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 224698
    Bk1—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 11 percent fine irregular carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. no sample; common fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few very fine and fine roots throughout; common fine prominent 7.5YR56 mottles; effervescence is continuous
    Bk2—102 to 140 centimeters (40.2 to 55.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; clay loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent fine and medium spherical carbonate concretions and 11 percent medium irregular carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. no sample; common medium soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few fine and medium carbonate concretions concentrations; very few manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few very fine and fine roots throughout; common fine prominent 7.5YR46 mottles; effervescence is continuous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 224699; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 224699
    C—140 to 152 centimeters (55.1 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; clay loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. no sample; very few manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features on faces of peds; few very fine and fine roots throughout; common fine prominent 7.5YR56 mottles; effervescence is continuous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 224700; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 224700