IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Heimdal
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1953ND103004
  • User Pedon ID: S1953ND103004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0056
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32598
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 47.6883316
  • Std. Longitude: -100.0500031
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 149N
  • Range: 73W
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 520 feet west and 90 feet north of southeast corner
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND103—Wells
  • MLRA: 55B—Central Black Glaciated Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND103—Wells County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C.A. Mogen
  • Current Taxon Kind: family
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Heimdal
  • Classificaton Date - 1/30/2014
  • Classifier - Alan R. Gulsvig
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gardena
  • Classificaton Date - 9/17/1953
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/17/1953 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Setting and Climate
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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00400
    B21—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to weak medium and coarse angular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00401
    B22—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to weak medium and coarse angular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00402
    B3—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; weak and moderate coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse angular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A00403
    Bca—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and pale yellow (2.5Y 8/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3) and very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; weak coarse prismatic, and coarse angular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A00404
    Dca—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) and pale yellow (2.5Y 8/4), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3) and pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), dry; massive; slightly hard, friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A00405
    D1—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) and pale yellow (2.5Y 8/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) and pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), dry; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A00406
    D2—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; gray (N 6/0) and reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and 1 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine prominent and 21 percent light gray (N 7/0) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A00407