IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lawther
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 90ND105266
  • User Pedon ID: 90ND105266
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0209
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63256
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 200' E and 1150' N of the SW corner of sec. 12 T. 154 N. R. 97 W
  • State: North Dakota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND105—Williams County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lawther
  • Classificaton Date - 11/13/1990
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/13/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dusky red (2.5YR 3/2); moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium platy structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. 91P1288
    Bw—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); dusky red (2.5YR 3/2); strong coarse prismatic, and strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. 91P1289
    Bss1—28 to 56 centimeters (11.0 to 22.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2); strong medium prismatic, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. 91P1290; few wedge shaped natural aggregates
    Bss2—56 to 86 centimeters (22.0 to 33.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2); strong medium prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 30 percent slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. 91P1291; common wedge shaped natural aggregates
    Bk—86 to 132 centimeters (33.9 to 52.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) and dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2); strong medium prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. 91P1292
    C—132 to 173 centimeters (52.0 to 68.1 inches); weak red (2.5YR 4/2) and dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2); moderate medium subangular blocky, and strong medium prismatic structure; extremely hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence. 91P1293