IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rosehill
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956SD059001
  • User Pedon ID: S1956SD059001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1956SD059001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2477
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37173
  • Print Date: 4/25/2025

    • 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: 44.7080307
  • Std. Longitude: -99.2926483
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 114N
  • Range: 70W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 210 feet north and 100 feet east of the west quarter corner
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD059—Hand
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SD059—Hand County, South Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rosehill
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/23/1956 (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

    PASM

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Pascopyrum smithii

    blue grama

    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

    2

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    135

    432

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    21.7

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; loam; weak fine platy parts to weak and moderate fine granular structure; soft, friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19415. Quartz grains predominately stained with a very few, bleached, finely divided quartz grains also observed.
    B21—10 to 22 centimeters (3.9 to 8.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to fine prismatic parts to moderate and strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry, coats on faces of peds and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, coats on faces of peds and clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19416. Quartz grains predominantly stained with some bleached, finely divided quartz grains also observed. Horizon temperature 76 degrees F.; continuous - phpvsfiid 184569; continuous - phpvsfiid 184569
    B22—22 to 33 centimeters (8.7 to 13.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; clay loam; moderate and strong medium prismatic parts to fine prismatic parts to moderate and strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry, coats on faces of peds and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, coats on faces of peds and clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A19417. Quartz grains predominantly bleached with some finely divided quartz grains also observed. Horizon temperature 75 degrees F.; continuous - phpvsfiid 184572; continuous - phpvsfiid 184572
    B3ca—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak and moderate coarse parts to medium prismatic parts to weak and moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; hard, friable; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry, coats on faces of peds and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, coats on faces of peds and clay films on all faces of peds; 21 percent medium and coarse irregular lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A19418. Quartz grains predominantly bleached with some stained quartz and some bleached, finely divided quartz also observed.; patchy - phpvsfiid 184575; patchy - phpvsfiid 184575
    Ccacs1—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); clay loam; 21 percent light gray (N 7/0) fine distinct and 21 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) fine distinct and 21 percent gray (N 5/0) fine distinct and 21 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable; clay films on all faces of peds and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry, coats on faces of peds and olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist, coats on faces of peds and carbonate coats on sand and gravel; 3 percent medium lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19419. Quartz grains predominantly unstained with some stained quartz and some fine divided, unstained quartz also observed.; patchy - phpvsfiid 184576; patchy - phpvsfiid 184576
    Ccacs2—69 to 91 centimeters (27.2 to 35.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; clay loam; 21 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine and medium distinct and 21 percent gray (2.5Y 6/1) fine and medium distinct and 21 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine and medium distinct and 21 percent gray (2.5Y 6/1) fine and medium distinct mottles; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable; clay films on horizontal faces of peds; 3 percent carbonate threads and 1 percent gypsum crystal clusters and medium lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19420. Quartz grains predominantly unstained with some stained quartz and some unstained, fine divided quartz also observed.; patchy - phpvsfiid 184580; patchy - phpvsfiid 184580
    Ccacs3—91 to 117 centimeters (35.8 to 46.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; clay loam; 21 percent light gray (N 7/0) fine and medium distinct and 21 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine and medium distinct and 21 percent gray (N 5/0) fine and medium distinct and 21 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine and medium distinct mottles; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable; clay films on horizontal faces of peds; 3 percent carbonate threads and 3 percent gypsum crystal clusters; fragments; slight effervescence smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19421. Quartz grains all unstained with some unstained finely divided quartz also observed.; patchy - phpvsfiid 184581; patchy - phpvsfiid 184581
    Cc—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; clay loam; 21 percent gray (2.5Y 6/1) fine and medium distinct and 21 percent dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak and moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable; clay films on horizontal faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A19422. Quartz grains all unstained, with some unstained, finely divided quartz also observed.; patchy - phpvsfiid 184582; patchy - phpvsfiid 184582