IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Venagro
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993SD011022
  • User Pedon ID: 93SD011022
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0219
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66403
  • Print Date: 12/18/2024

    • 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: 44.3411102
  • Std. Longitude: -96.7355576
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 110N
  • Range: 49W
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 225 feet north and 1900 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: About 2 miles northeast of Brookings, SD.
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD011—Brookings
  • MLRA: 102A—Rolling Till Prairie
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SD011—Brookings County, South Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Walt Schaefer and Dave Tufvesson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Udic Haploborolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 22
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Venagro
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Venagro
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Udic Haploboroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/9/1993
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/9/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—23

    23—53

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    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

    4

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    515

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    270

    584

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01375
    Bw1—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and 3.0 fine pores; 30 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains on faces of peds; 10 percent medium black (10YR 2/1) worm casts; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01376
    Bw2—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and 3.0 fine pores; 10 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains on faces of peds; 2 percent medium black (10YR 2/1) worm casts; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01377
    Bk—53 to 64 centimeters (20.9 to 25.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry; loam; weak medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; 3 percent fine and medium carbonate masses and 3 percent fine and medium carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01378
    2Bk—64 to 89 centimeters (25.2 to 35.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; sandy loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; 30 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) coats on faces of peds; 1 percent fine and medium carbonate nodules and 1 percent fine and medium carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01379
    3Bk—89 to 112 centimeters (35.0 to 44.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; 1 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent fine and medium yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent fine and medium carbonate nodules and 3 percent fine and medium carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01380
    4C1—112 to 145 centimeters (44.1 to 57.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; clay loam; massive; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine pores; 10 percent carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 3 percent fine and medium yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent fine and medium carbonate masses; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01381
    4C2—145 to 203 centimeters (57.1 to 79.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; clay loam; massive; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine pores; 10 percent carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses and 3 percent fine and medium yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent fine carbonate masses; 8 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 94P01382