IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hetland
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989SD037015
  • User Pedon ID: 89SD037015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0240
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62173
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 45.1527786
  • Std. Longitude: -97.4980545
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 120N
  • Range: 56W
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 340 feet N and 1240 feet W of the SE corner
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD037—Day
  • MLRA: 102A—Rolling Till Prairie

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Wayne Bachman, Kent Cooley, and James Millar.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic Pachic Udic Argiborolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 15
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hetland
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hetland
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic Pachic Udic Haploboroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1989 (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

    cambic horizon

    0—51

    23—74

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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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    180

    51

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P01509. few medium roots throughout
    Bw1—23 to 51 centimeters (9.1 to 20.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P01510. common clay films surface features on vertical faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; common very fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 224701; continuous - phpvsfiid 224701
    Bw2—51 to 74 centimeters (20.1 to 29.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P01511. few clay films surface features on vertical faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 224702; patchy - phpvsfiid 224702
    Bk—74 to 94 centimeters (29.1 to 37.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), dry; silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 2 percent distinct iron stains on nodules; 1 percent medium spherical carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P01512. few medium soft masses of carbonate concentrations; very few iron stains surface features on nodules; few fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; patchy - phpvsfiid 224703; patchy - phpvsfiid 224703
    C1—94 to 132 centimeters (37.0 to 52.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) medium distinct mottles; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P01513. few fine roots throughout; few medium distinct 7.5YR46 mottles; effervescence is continuous
    C2—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silty clay loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) mottles; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 90P01514. common medium distinct 10YR56 mottles; many 7.5YR46 mottles; effervescence is continuous