IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lawther
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 90ND105267
  • User Pedon ID: 90ND105267
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0210
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63257
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 2560'S and 690'E of the NW corner of sec. 30 T. 53N R. 102 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 - 11/14/1990
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/14/1990 (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
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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dusky red (2.5YR 3/2); strong medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. 91P1294
    A—10 to 30 centimeters (3.9 to 11.8 inches); dusky red (2.5YR 3/2); weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium platy structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. 91P1295
    Bss1—30 to 58 centimeters (11.8 to 22.8 inches); dusky red (2.5YR 3/2); strong medium prismatic, and strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent nonintersecting slickensides; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. 91P1296
    Bss2—58 to 89 centimeters (22.8 to 35.0 inches); dusky red (2.5YR 3/2); moderate medium prismatic, and strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 30 percent slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. 91P1297
    Bw—84 to 99 centimeters (33.1 to 39.0 inches); weak red (2.5YR 4/2); moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. 91P1298
    By—99 to 130 centimeters (39.0 to 51.2 inches); weak red (2.5YR 4/2); weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. 91P1299
    BC—130 to 150 centimeters (51.2 to 59.1 inches); weak red (2.5YR 4/2); weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. 91P1300; few medium threads
    d—150 to 183 centimeters (59.1 to 72.0 inches); weak red (2.5YR 4/2); massive; hard, firm, moderately plastic; fragments; violent effervescence. 91P1301