IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Promise
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956SD059003
  • User Pedon ID: S1956SD059003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1956SD059003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2459
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37155
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 44.3777771
  • Std. Longitude: -99.2805557
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 111N
  • Range: 70W
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 185 feet north and 990 feet mile west from the south fork of the east-west road near the center
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD059—Hand
  • MLRA: 53C—Southern Dark Brown Glaciated Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SD059—Hand County, South Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Udic Chromusterts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Promise
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Stephan
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/24/1956 (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

    5

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    225

    457

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    22.8

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), black (10YR 2/1), moist; silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; clay films on all faces of peds and dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry, coats on faces of peds and very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, coats on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19255. Quartz predominantly stained with some bleached quartz grains and some finely divided, bleached quartz grains also observed. Horizon temperature 68 degrees F.; patchy - phpvsfiid 184464; patchy - phpvsfiid 184464
    B21c—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist; silty clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable; dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry, coats on faces of peds and very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, coats on faces of peds and clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A19256. Quartz grains predominantly stained with some bleached quartz grains and some finely divided, bleached quartz grains also observed. Horizon temperature 69 degrees F.; continuous - phpvsfiid 184469; continuous - phpvsfiid 184469
    B22c—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist; clay; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; hard, friable; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A19257. Quartz grains predominantly stained with some bleached quartz grains and some finely divided, bleached quartz grains also observed. Horizon temperature 66 degrees F.; continuous - phpvsfiid 184470; continuous - phpvsfiid 184470
    B23c—43 to 72 centimeters (16.9 to 28.3 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; clay; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; hard, friable; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very slight effervescence irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A19258. Quartz grains predominantly stained with some bleached quartz grains and some finely divided, bleached quartz grains also observed. Horizon temperature 64 degrees F.; continuous - phpvsfiid 184471; continuous - phpvsfiid 184471
    C-D3cacs—72 to 86 centimeters (28.3 to 33.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; clay; weak and moderate coarse prismatic parts to weak medium and coarse angular blocky structure; hard, friable; clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine lime masses and 1 percent fine noncoherent cemented salt masses; fragments; slight effervescence irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A19259. Quartz grains predominantly stained with some bleached quartz grains and some finely divided, bleached quartz grains also observed. Horizon temperature 63 degrees F.; continuous - phpvsfiid 184472; continuous - phpvsfiid 184472
    Dcacs1—86 to 102 centimeters (33.9 to 40.2 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), gray (2.5Y 6/1), moist; silty clay loam; 21 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine and medium distinct and 21 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) fine and medium distinct mottles; slightly hard, firm; clay films on horizontal faces of peds; 3 percent salt masses between peds and 1 percent fine lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19260. Weakly expressed, partially weathered, fine fissile shale. Only bleached, finely divided quartz observed. Horizon temperature 63 degrees F.; patchy - phpvsfiid 184473; patchy - phpvsfiid 184473
    Dcacs2—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; silty clay; 21 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) fine and medium distinct and 21 percent brown (10YR 4/3) fine and medium distinct mottles; moderate and strong very fine and fine platy structure; hard, firm; clay films on horizontal faces of peds; 3 percent salt masses between peds and 1 percent fine lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19261. Moderately to strongly expressed, fine and very fine fissile shale. Only bleached, finely divided quartz grains observed. Horizon temperature 62 degrees F.; patchy - phpvsfiid 184474; patchy - phpvsfiid 184474
    Dcacs3—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; clay; strong fine and medium platy structure; very hard, very firm; clay films on horizontal faces of peds; 3 percent salt masses between peds and 1 percent fine lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A19262. Only bleached, finely divided quartz grains observed. Horizon temperature 60 degrees F.; patchy - phpvsfiid 184475; patchy - phpvsfiid 184475