IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): AGAR
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1954SD107002
  • User Pedon ID: S1954SD107002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1954SD107002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2350
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37047
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 44.9575005
  • Std. Longitude: -100.1252747
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 117N
  • Range: 77W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 510 feet S, 430 feet W, N 1/4 corner
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD107—Potter
  • MLRA: 53C—Southern Dark Brown Glaciated Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SD107—Potter County, South Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. A. Mogen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Argiustolls
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Copy of S1954SD107002-KSSL Pedon (Rec ID - 105725)
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - AGAR
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Agar
  • Classificaton Date - 6/29/1954
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Landscape: till plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/29/1954 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BOGR2

    CAREX

    KOELE

    PASM

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Carex

    Koeleria

    Pascopyrum smithii

    blue grama

    sedge

    Junegrass

    western wheatgrass

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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

    1

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    270

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A18415
    AB—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, moist; silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine granular structure; hard, very friable; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A18416
    B21—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; silt loam; moderate fine and medium prismatic parts to fine and medium subangular blocky parts to very fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A18417
    B22—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silt loam; moderate fine and medium prismatic parts to fine and medium subangular blocky parts to very fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A18418
    Bca—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; silt loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 1 percent lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A18419
    Cca1—53 to 89 centimeters (20.9 to 35.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 3 percent spherical noncoherent cemented carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A18420
    Cca2—89 to 114 centimeters (35.0 to 44.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; silt loam; massive; very hard, friable; 10 percent carbonate coats on faces of peds; 1 percent carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A18421
    C—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; silt loam; massive; very hard, friable; 1 percent lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A18422