IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Eckman
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1950SD115006
  • User Pedon ID: S1950SD115006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2390
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37087
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 45.1863899
  • Std. Longitude: -98.4736099
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 120N
  • Range: 64W
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: 300 feet W, 150 feet S of NE corner
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD115—Spink
  • MLRA: 55C—Southern Black Glaciated Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SD115—Spink County, South Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Fred Westin
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, frigid Pachic Haploborolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Eckman
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bearden
  • Classificaton Date - 8/22/1950
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/22/1950 (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 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A18725
    B1—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A18726
    C11ca—41 to 91 centimeters (16.1 to 35.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and pale yellow (2.5Y 8/4), dry; silt loam; weak granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A18727. Slight amount of visible lime.
    C12ca—91 to 135 centimeters (35.8 to 53.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), dry; silt loam; platy structure; soft, very friable; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A18728. Slight amount of visible lime.
    C2—135 to 203 centimeters (53.1 to 79.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), dry; silt loam; platy structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A18729