IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lawther
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 91ND089018A
  • User Pedon ID: 91ND089018A
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0153
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64392
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 215 ft. North of South quarter corner of Sec. 35, T. 141 N., R. 92 W., Stark County, North Dakota.
  • State: North Dakota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND089—Stark County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: K. E. Larson
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lawther
  • Classificaton Date - 10/24/1991
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: valley
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/24/1991 (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 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); black (N 2/0), dark gray (5Y 4/1), dry; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; slight effervescence. 92P1009; about 1 percent of delineated area is occupied by dispersed Ap layer
    Bw1—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), olive gray (5Y 4/2), dry; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) clay films; fragments; strong effervescence. 92P1010; continuous - phpvsfiid 89913; continuous - phpvsfiid 89913
    Bw2—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), olive gray (5Y 4/2), dry; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) clay films; fragments; strong effervescence. 92P1011; description the same as Bw1(split for laboratory purpose); continuous - phpvsfiid 89914; continuous - phpvsfiid 89914
    Bky1—51 to 81 centimeters (20.1 to 31.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), olive gray (5Y 5/2), dry; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 21 percent gypsum crystal clusters and 1 percent fine carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence. 92P1012; evidence of non-intersecting slickensides at 20 inches; surface cracks evident to 25 inches; patchy - phpvsfiid 89915; patchy - phpvsfiid 89915
    Bky2—81 to 112 centimeters (31.9 to 44.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), olive gray (5Y 5/2), dry; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; clay films on vertical faces of peds; 21 percent gypsum crystal clusters and 1 percent fine carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence. 92P1013; evidence of non-intersecting slickensides at 20 inches; surface cracks evident to 25 inches; description of Bky2 the same as Bky1 with the exception of many fine distinct lime nodules; patchy - phpvsfiid 89916; patchy - phpvsfiid 89916
    Cy1—112 to 211 centimeters (44.1 to 83.1 inches); olive (5Y 5/3), pale olive (5Y 6/3), dry; weak medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence. 92P1014; a few gypsum crystals between peds and cracks
    Cy2—211 to 279 centimeters (83.1 to 109.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1 percent fine gypsum crystal clusters; fragments; strong effervescence.