IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Stirum
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956ND081011
  • User Pedon ID: S1956ND081011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0113
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32655
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024
  • 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: 46.1025000
  • Std. Longitude: -97.5319444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 130 N
  • Range: 57 W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 970 feet W and 123 feet S of east quarter corner
  • Location Description: 970 feet west and 123 feet south of east quarter corner of Section 4, T.130N., R.57W.
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND081—Sargent
  • MLRA: 55B—Central Black Glaciated Plains
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-DVL—Devils Lake, North Dakota
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Wesley M. Larsen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Natraquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Stirum
  • Classificaton Date - 8/15/2016
  • Classifier - kaa
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Stirum
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Natraquolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/1956
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • QC Status: level 1


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-loamy glaciofluvial deposits
  • Landscape: outwash plain
  • Landform: flat
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/10/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    natric horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—53

    25—86

    25—66

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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

    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) loam; fine granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00812; moist when described;
    E—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) fine sandy loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate very fine angular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00813; moist when described;
    Btkn—25 to 53 centimeters (9.8 to 20.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) sandy clay loam; strong coarse prismatic structure; dark olive gray (5Y 3/2), moist, coats on faces of peds and distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds and 10 percent clay films on horizontal faces of peds; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00814; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 89779; patchy - phpvsfiid 89780; continuous - phpvsfiid 89779; patchy - phpvsfiid 89780
    Btkng—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) sandy clay loam; medium angular blocky structure; friable; 25 percent coarse noncoherent cemented light gray (5Y 7/2) lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00815; moist when described;
    2Cg1—66 to 86 centimeters (26.0 to 33.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) fine sandy loam; black (N 2/0) prominent and 1 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2) faint mottles; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00816; moist when described;
    2Cg2—86 to 122 centimeters (33.9 to 48.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) loamy fine sand; slightly sticky; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00817; moist when described;
    2Cg3—122 to 163 centimeters (48.0 to 64.2 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) loamy fine sand; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00818; moist when described;
    2Cg4—163 to 165 centimeters (64.2 to 65.0 inches); loamy sand; fragments. Lab sample # 40A00819; moist when described;