IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Carter
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992SD117002
  • User Pedon ID: 92SD117002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0668
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64907
  • 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: 44.4030571
  • Std. Longitude: -100.4997253
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 30E
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: North Central part of SE quarter of SW quarter
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD117—Stanley
  • MLRA: 63A—Northern Rolling Pierre Shale Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SD117—Stanley County, South Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kenneth Heil
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, smectitic, mesic Vertic Paleustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Carter
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Carter
  • Taxonomic Class - Very-fine, montmorillonitic Vertic Paleustoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/26/1992
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/26/1992 (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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches);, dark gray (10YR 4/1) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 92P04005
    Bt1—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches);, dark gray (10YR 4/1) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic, and strong fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky; fragments; gradual wavy boundary.
    Bt2—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches);, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, very sticky; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary.
    Bt3—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches);, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; silty clay; weak coarse prismatic, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, very sticky; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary.
    Bk—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches);, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; silty clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, very sticky; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. few fine accumulations of carbonate.
    C—76 to 109 centimeters (29.9 to 42.9 inches);, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky; fragments; strong effervescence. many medium and coarse masses of gypsum and other salts.