IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Napa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993SD027072
  • User Pedon ID: 93SD027072
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0246
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66392
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 42.8705559
  • Std. Longitude: -97.1013870
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 93N
  • Range: 53W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 1400 feet north and 105 feet east of the southwest corner
  • 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: 42097-G1—Meckling, South Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kent E. Cooley, Daniel J. Brady
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Natraquerts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 72
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Napa
  • PSC - 3 to 51 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Napa
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Typic Natraquoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/9/1993
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: rare flooding begining in mar
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/9/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 18
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous 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

    —

    —

    352

    —

    0

    635

    —

    —

    9.4

    23.3

    -5.6

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    8622

    Vermillion 2 southeast

    TAPS
    E—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) interior, dark gray (5Y 4/1) oxidized, dry; silt loam; weak thin platy structure; hard, friable, moderate, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; low toughness; 21.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine low-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01306
    Btz1—1 to 18 centimeters (0.4 to 7.1 inches); black (N 2/0) interior, dark gray (5Y 4/1) oxidized, dry; silty clay; weak coarse columnar, and moderate medium columnar, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; high toughness; 21.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 10 percent distinct very dark gray (5Y 3/1), moist, silt coats on tops of soil columns; 3 percent fine threadlike salt masses throughout and 3 percent fine irregular gypsum crystal clusters throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01307. patchy - phpvsfiid 179468; patchy - phpvsfiid 179468
    Btz2—18 to 43 centimeters (7.1 to 16.9 inches); black (N 2/0) interior, dark gray (5Y 4/1) oxidized, dry; silty clay; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine prominent irregular mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; high toughness; 21.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 3 percent fine threadlike salt masses throughout and 3 percent fine irregular gypsum crystal clusters throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01308
    Btz3—43 to 66 centimeters (16.9 to 26.0 inches); black (5Y 2/1) interior, dark gray (5Y 4/1) oxidized, dry; silty clay; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine prominent irregular mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; high toughness; 3.0 very fine roots between peds; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses throughout; 1 percent fine threadlike salt masses throughout and 3 percent fine and medium irregular gypsum crystal clusters throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01309
    Btz4—66 to 84 centimeters (26.0 to 33.1 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) interior, gray (5Y 5/1) oxidized, dry; silty clay; 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine prominent irregular mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; high toughness; 3.0 very fine roots between peds; 21.0 very fine moderate-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses throughout; 3 percent fine irregular salt masses throughout and 3 percent fine and medium irregular gypsum crystal clusters throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01310
    Bkssz1—84 to 124 centimeters (33.1 to 48.8 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) interior, gray (5Y 6/1) oxidized, dry; silty clay; 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium prominent irregular and 21 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine prominent irregular mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; high toughness; 3.0 very fine roots between peds; 21.0 very fine moderate-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 1 percent prominent black (N 2/0) black stains on faces of peds and 1 percent prominent carbonate coats on concretions and 10 percent prominent gray (5Y 5/1), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; 3 percent fine and medium spherical iron-manganese concretions throughout; 3 percent fine irregular salt masses throughout and 1 percent fine irregular carbonate nodules throughout and 3 percent fine and medium irregular gypsum crystal clusters throughout and 3 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01311. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 193415; continuous - phpvsfiid 193416; continuous - phpvsfiid 193417; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 193415; continuous - phpvsfiid 193416; continuous - phpvsfiid 193417
    Bkssz2—124 to 168 centimeters (48.8 to 66.1 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) interior, gray (5Y 6/1) oxidized, dry; silty clay; 21 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine and medium prominent irregular mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; high toughness; 21.0 very fine moderate-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 10 percent prominent gray (5Y 5/1), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; 3 percent fine and medium spherical weakly coherent cemented iron-manganese concretions throughout; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate nodules throughout and 3 percent fine irregular salt masses throughout and 3 percent fine and medium irregular gypsum crystal clusters throughout and 3 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01312. Bkssz2 had a layer (strata) of silty clay loam texture at a depth of 64 to 66 inches; continuous - phpvsfiid 193418; continuous - phpvsfiid 193418
    Ayssb—168 to 203 centimeters (66.1 to 79.9 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) interior, gray (5Y 5/1) oxidized, dry; silty clay; 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine and medium prominent irregular mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; high toughness; 21.0 very fine moderate-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 1 percent prominent gray (5Y 5/1), moist, nonintersecting slickensides on faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate nodules throughout and 3 percent fine and medium irregular gypsum crystal clusters throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 94P01313. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 193419; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 193419