IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Aberdeen
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1950SD115003
  • User Pedon ID: S1950SD115003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2397
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37094
  • Print Date: 1/29/2025

    • 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: 45.1763878
  • Std. Longitude: -98.4727783
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 120N
  • Range: 64W
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: .2 mile E of N 1/4 corner; 17 paces S, 16 paces E of 1st telephone pole W of NS fence; pole blazed.
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD115—Spink
  • MLRA: 55B—Central Black Glaciated Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SD115—Spink County, South Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Fred Westin
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, frigid Udic Haploborolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Aberdeen
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Harmony
  • Classificaton Date - 8/21/1950
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/21/1950 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    A1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A18764
    A2—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A18765
    B2—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and black (10YR 2/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; strong medium and coarse granular structure; hard, friable; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A18766
    B3—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; silt loam; massive; hard, friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A18767
    C1ca—56 to 102 centimeters (22.0 to 40.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), dry; silt loam; massive; hard, friable; 21 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A18768
    C2—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) and light gray (2.5Y 7/2), pale yellow (2.5Y 8/4) and pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), dry; silt loam; platy structure; hard, friable; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A18769
    C3—152 to 203 centimeters (59.8 to 79.9 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) and light gray (2.5Y 7/2), pale yellow (2.5Y 8/4) and pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), dry; silt loam; platy structure; hard, friable; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A18770