IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Strayhoss
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993SD011036
  • User Pedon ID: 93SD011036
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0221
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66405
  • Print Date: 12/6/2025

    • 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: 44.2161102
  • Std. Longitude: -96.4633331
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 109N
  • Range: 47W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 1725 feet north and 515 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: 1.0 mile southeast of Elkton, 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: W. Schaefer and D. Tufvesson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, frigid Udertic Haploborolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 36
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Strayhoss
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Strayhoss
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed Udi
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/10/1993
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/10/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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—38

    38—81

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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

    1

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    532

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; 25 percent medium worm casts; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01389
    Bw1—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; 75 percent black (10YR 2/1) organic stains on faces of peds; 25 percent medium worm casts; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01390. continuous - phpvsfiid 179770; continuous - phpvsfiid 179770
    Bw2—38 to 69 centimeters (15.0 to 27.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; 30 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains on faces of peds; 10 percent medium worm casts; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01391. continuous - phpvsfiid 179771; continuous - phpvsfiid 179771
    Bw3—69 to 81 centimeters (27.2 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; loam; weak medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; 75 percent brown (10YR 4/3) organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01392. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 179772; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 179772
    2C—81 to 114 centimeters (31.9 to 44.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; loamy sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01393
    3C1—114 to 137 centimeters (44.9 to 53.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; silt loam; massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; 10 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1) manganese or iron-manganese stains; 3 percent fine strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent medium and coarse light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01394
    3C2—137 to 165 centimeters (53.9 to 65.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; silt loam; massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; 10 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1) manganese or iron-manganese stains; 3 percent fine light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent fine strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent fine and medium carbonate threads and 3 percent fine and medium carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01395
    4C—165 to 203 centimeters (65.0 to 79.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 94P01396