IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Stirum
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • Local Phase: thin surface
  • User Site ID: S1956ND081014
  • User Pedon ID: S1956ND081014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0114
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32656
  • 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: 46.2686111
  • Std. Longitude: -97.8400000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 131 N
  • Range: 57 W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 100 feet E and 215 feet S of the NW corner
  • Location Description: 100 feet east and 215 feet south of northwest corner of Section 9, T.131N., 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
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • 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:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    0—30

    8—61

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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
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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) very fine sandy loam; fine granular structure; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00820
    Btn—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) fine sandy loam; fine granular structure; friable; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00821
    Btkn1—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) fine sandy loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00822
    Btkn2—30 to 61 centimeters (11.8 to 24.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loamy fine sand; 3 percent olive gray (5Y 4/2) medium and 3 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium and 3 percent very dark gray (N 3/0) medium mottles; very friable, nonsticky; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A00823
    Bk1—61 to 91 centimeters (24.0 to 35.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loamy fine sand; 3 percent olive gray (5Y 4/2) medium and 3 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium and 3 percent very dark gray (N 3/0) medium mottles; very friable, nonsticky; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A00824
    Bk2—91 to 122 centimeters (35.8 to 48.0 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) loamy coarse sand; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) prominent and very dark gray (N 3/0) prominent and pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2) and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) prominent mottles; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00825
    C—122 to 142 centimeters (48.0 to 55.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loamy coarse sand; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A00826