IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nora
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 94SD099101
  • User Pedon ID: 94SD099101
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Print Date: 12/10/2025

    • 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: 43.7849998
  • Std. Longitude: -96.7711105
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1,890 feet south and 120 feet west of the northeast corner of section 35, T. 104 N., R. 50 W.
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD099—Minnehaha

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Regis Vialle, Eugene Preston
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nora
  • PSC - 25 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/8/1994
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/8/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 31
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Bk1

    Bk2

    C

    56

    81

    137

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Bk1

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    0—23

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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

    6

    107

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine spherical worm casts; fragments; 6.4000001 LaMotte-Morgan; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Bw—23 to 56 centimeters (9.1 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; weak medium and coarse prismatic parts to weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 4.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine spherical worm casts; fragments; 7 LaMotte-Morgan; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.
    Bk1—56 to 81 centimeters (22.0 to 31.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine tubular pores; 4 percent fine and medium spherical carbonate masses and 1 percent medium spherical carbonate concretions; fragments; 7.4000001 LaMotte-Morgan; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.
    Bk2—81 to 137 centimeters (31.9 to 53.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; 2 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine and medium prominent and 7 percent gray (10YR 5/1) fine and medium faint mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent fine and medium spherical carbonate masses and 1 percent fine and medium spherical carbonate concretions; fragments; 7.5999999 LaMotte-Morgan; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary.
    C—137 to 203 centimeters (53.9 to 79.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; 8 percent gray (10YR 5/1) fine and medium faint and 12 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine and medium prominent mottles; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 9.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent carbonate threads; fragments; 7.8000002 LaMotte-Morgan; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog.