IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cubden
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989SD037014
  • User Pedon ID: 89SD037014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0239
  • Print Date: 7/3/2025

    • 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: 45.1591682
  • Std. Longitude: -97.4755554
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 120N
  • Range: 55W
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 2380 feet S and 530 feet W of the NE corner
  • Map Unit: Cx—Cubden-Tonka silty clay loams, coteau, 0 to 2 percent slopesCx—Cubden-Tonka complex
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD037—Day
  • MLRA: 102D—Prairie Coteau
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-RED—Redfield, South Dakota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SD037—Day County, South Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Wayne Bachman, Kent Cooley, and James Millar.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, frigid Aeric Calciaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 14
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cubden
  • PSC - 25 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cubden
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, frigid Aeric Calciaquoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: periglacial loess
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/1/1989 (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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    calcic horizon

    0—25

    25—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

    1

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    135

    51

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium granular, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P01504. common fine roots throughout; many very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    Bk—25 to 56 centimeters (9.8 to 22.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P01505. few fine roots throughout; common very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    C1—56 to 91 centimeters (22.0 to 35.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P01506. few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    C2—91 to 109 centimeters (35.8 to 42.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), dry; silt loam; gray (5Y 5/1) and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P01507. few fine distinct 10YR56 mottles; effervescence is continuous
    C3—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches); gray (5Y 5/1), light gray (5Y 7/1), dry; silt loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) medium prominent mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 90P01508. common medium prominent 7.5YR46 mottles; effervescence is continuous