IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MECKLING
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993SD027068
  • User Pedon ID: 93SD027068
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0245
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66391
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 42.7391663
  • Std. Longitude: -96.9274979
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD027—Clay
  • MLRA: 102B—Till Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SD027—Clay County, South Dakota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42096-F8—Maskell, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kent E. Cooley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed (calcareous), mesic Aquic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 68
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - MECKLING
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fairview
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed (calcareous), mesic Aquic Udipsamment
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/4/1993
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 4
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: rare flooding for very brief periods
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Wet Soil Moisture Duration: 60
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/4/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 33
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind erosion
    • 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

    0

    —

    —

    343

    —

    0

    635

    —

    —

    9.4

    23.3

    -5.6

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    8622

    Vermillion 2 SE

    TAPS
    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) exterior, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) oxidized, dry; loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, weakly cemented by carbonates and silica, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity vesicular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01301. Ap - had some mixing of C1 into this horizon.
    C1—15 to 41 centimeters (5.9 to 16.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) exterior, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) oxidized, dry; stratified fine sand; 1 percent gray (5Y 5/1) fine distinct irregular and 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent spherical and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine and medium prominent irregular mottles; single grain; loose, loose, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; 10 percent distinct black (N 2/0), moist, black stains throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01302. C1 - had medium strata (2.5mm) of vfsl and/or lvfs charcoal—had many thin streaks (strata) of black (2.5Y 2.5/1) (1-2 mm thick).; continuous - phpvsfiid 179461; continuous - phpvsfiid 179461
    C2—41 to 94 centimeters (16.1 to 37.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) exterior, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) oxidized, dry; stratified very fine sand; 1 percent gray (5Y 5/1) fine distinct irregular and 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent spherical and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine and medium prominent irregular mottles; single grain; loose, loose, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; 10 percent distinct black (N 2/0), moist, black stains throughout; 1 percent irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented black (N 2/0) iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01303. C2 - horizon L same as C1 horizon except had common thin black streaks (not as many as C1). Charcoal has a 3-4 inch band of lvfs at 29"""".; continuous - phpvsfiid 179462; continuous - phpvsfiid 179462
    C3—94 to 137 centimeters (37.0 to 53.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) exterior, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) oxidized, dry; stratified fine sand; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent irregular and 1 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine distinct irregular and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent irregular mottles; single grain; loose, loose, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; 1 percent distinct black (N 2/0), moist, black stains throughout; 1 percent irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented black (N 2/0) iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01304. C3 horizon - had thin strata of lvfs - had thin organic layers (partially decomposed fibers from trees.; continuous - phpvsfiid 179463; continuous - phpvsfiid 179463
    C4—137 to 203 centimeters (53.9 to 79.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) exterior, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) oxidized, dry; stratified sand; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent irregular and 3 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine distinct irregular mottles; single grain; loose, loose, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; 1 percent spherical weakly coherent cemented black (N 2/0) iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 94P01305. C4 horizon - had medium strata of fs.