IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Badger

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1989SD077027

User Pedon ID: 89SD077027

Vegetation Plot ID: S1989SD077027

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 90P0247

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: 44.4580574

Std. Longitude: -97.2083359

Datum: WGS84

Township: 111N

Range: 53W

Section: 5

PLSS Details: 285 feet S and 96 feet W of the NE corner

Map Unit: Ba—Badger silty clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopesBa—Badger silty clay loam

Country: US—United States

State: South Dakota

County: SD077—Kingsbury

MLRA: 102A—Rolling Till Prairie

Regional Office: NC—North Central

MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-RED—Redfield, South Dakota

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SD077—Kingsbury County, South Dakota

PEDON

Describers Name: Regis Vialle and Steve Winter

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Typic Argiaquolls

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data

Pedon #: 27

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Badger

PSC - 25 to 84 cm.

Classificaton Date - 1/14/2010

Moisture Class - aquic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Badger

Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, frigid Typic Argiaquoll

Taxon Kind - series

Classificaton Date - 8/1/1989

Moisture Class - aquic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 1

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: alluvium over fine-loamy till

Landscape: till plain

Landform: swale

Hill Slope Profile: toeslope

Slope Shape Down: concave

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: 8/1/1989 (actual site observation date)

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop

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
AVSA GLMA4 ZEMA	Avena sativa Glycine max Zea mays	common oat soybean corn	— — —	— — —	— — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
mollic epipedon argillic horizon	0—107 25—84	—- —-

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	—	—	396	—	0	61	—	—	7	22	8	8	17	7	—	—	—	DESMET	—

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; weak fine granular structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P01540. few very fine and fine roots throughout

Bt1—25 to 58 centimeters (9.8 to 22.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay; strong coarse prismatic, and strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent faint black (10YR 2/1) clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P01541. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine and fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 224707; continuous - phpvsfiid 224707

Bt2—58 to 84 centimeters (22.8 to 33.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent faint black (10YR 2/1) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P01542. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 224708; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 224708

Bkg1—84 to 107 centimeters (33.1 to 42.1 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1), dark gray (5Y 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; moderate coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 11 percent fine irregular carbonate masses; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. no sample; common fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few very fine roots throughout; few fine prominent 7.5YR58 mottles

2Bkg2—107 to 140 centimeters (42.1 to 55.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), olive gray (5Y 5/2), dry; clay loam; 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine and medium prominent mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 11 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses; 1 percent fine irregular gypsum masses; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. no sample; few fine masses of gypsum concentrations; common fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; few very fine roots throughout; many fine and medium prominent 7.5YR58 mottles; effervescence is continuous

2Cyg—140 to 152 centimeters (55.1 to 59.8 inches); 5Y 7/0 (5Y 7/0), 5Y 8/0 (5Y 8/0), dry; clay loam; 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine and medium prominent mottles; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2 percent distinct carbonate coats in root channels and/or pores; 11 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses; 11 percent fine irregular gypsum masses; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog. no sample; common fine masses of gypsum concentrations; common fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; very few lime or carbonate coats surface features in root channels and/or pores; many fine and medium prominent 7.5YR58 mottles; effervescence is discontinuous; patchy - phpvsfiid 224709; patchy - phpvsfiid 224709