IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Forman
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956ND081002
  • User Pedon ID: S1956ND081002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0050
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32592
  • User Project ID: C2015 - 15007
  • Project Name: SDJR - MLRA 55B - Forman and Aastad (Fine-loamy Argiudolls)
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 46.0800018
  • Std. Longitude: -97.6283340
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 130N
  • Range: 55W
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 1,250 feet east and 150 feet south of northwest corner
  • Location Description:
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND081—Sargent
  • MLRA: 55B—Central Black Glaciated Plains
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-DVL—Devils Lake, North Dakota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND081—Sargent County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Wesley M. Larsen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Calcic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Forman (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/2/2015
  • Classifier - Alan R. Gulsvig
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Barnes
  • Classificaton Date - 7/12/1956
  • Classifier - Wesley M. Larsen
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-loamy till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: rise
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/12/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Wesley M. Larsen
  • 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—36

    20—43

    43—152

    —36—

    —23—

    —109—
    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

    2

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    90

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; clay loam; weak fine granular structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00359
    Bt1—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 75 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00360. continuous - phpvsfiid 1355768; continuous - phpvsfiid 1355768
    Bt2—36 to 43 centimeters (14.2 to 16.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 75 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 6 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A00361. patchy - phpvsfiid 1355769; patchy - phpvsfiid 1355769
    Bk—43 to 112 centimeters (16.9 to 44.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses; 8 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A00364
    Bky—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; clay loam; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2) and 3 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent fine distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 21 percent fine gypsum crystal clusters and 5 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A00365