IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): EAKIN
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956SD059007
  • User Pedon ID: S1956SD059007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1956SD059007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2373
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37070
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 44.3305550
  • Std. Longitude: -99.1708298
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 110N
  • Range: 69W
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 1/4 of a mile west and 200 feet north of the south quarter corner
  • 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-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Argiustolls
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Copy of S1956SD059007-KSSL Pedon (Rec ID - 105645)
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - EAKIN
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Eakin
  • Classificaton Date - 7/25/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.01 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/25/1956 (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

    Bouteloua gracilis

    blue grama

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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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    0

    483

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    22.8

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    A1—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; loam; weak very fine and fine platy parts to weak very fine and fine granular structure; soft, very friable; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry, coats on faces of peds and black (10YR 2/1), moist, coats on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18590. Quartz predominantly stained with some bleached quartz grains and some finely divided, bleached quartz grains also observed. Horizon temperature 67 degrees F.
    B1—6 to 18 centimeters (2.4 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry, coats on faces of peds and black (10YR 2/1), moist, coats on faces of peds and clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A18591. Quartz grains predominantly stained with some finely divided, bleached quartz grains also observed. Horizon temperature 67 degrees F.; patchy - phpvsfiid 184538; patchy - phpvsfiid 184538
    B2—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry, coats on faces of peds and very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, coats on faces of peds and clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A18592. patchy - phpvsfiid 184541; patchy - phpvsfiid 184541; Quartz grains predominantly stained with some finely divided, bleached quartz grains also observed. Horizon temperature 66 degrees F.
    B2ca—30 to 56 centimeters (11.8 to 22.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to weak and moderate medium prismatic parts to weak and moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable; dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), dry, coats on faces of peds and very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), moist, coats on faces of peds and clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine and medium lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18593. Quartz predominantly stained with some finely divided, bleached quartz grains also observed. Horizon temperature 65 degrees F.; patchy - phpvsfiid 184544; patchy - phpvsfiid 184544
    D-B2ca—56 to 79 centimeters (22.0 to 31.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry, coats on faces of peds and clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), dry, iron stains on faces of peds and 10 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, iron stains on faces of peds; 21 percent fine and medium lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A18594. patchy - phpvsfiid 184548; patchy - phpvsfiid 184548; Quartz grains predominantly stained with some finely divided, bleached quartz grains also observed. Horizon temperature 64 degrees F.
    D-B3cacs—79 to 94 centimeters (31.1 to 37.0 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; clay loam; weak and moderate medium prismatic structure; very hard, firm; very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist, coats on faces of peds and clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), dry, iron stains on faces of peds and 30 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, iron stains on faces of peds; 3 percent lime masses and 1 percent noncoherent cemented salt masses; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18595. Quartz grains predominantly bleached with some stained quartz grains and some finely divided, bleached quartz grains also observed. Horizon temperature 61 degrees F.; patchy - phpvsfiid 184552; patchy - phpvsfiid 184552
    Dcacs—94 to 152 centimeters (37.0 to 59.8 inches); gray (5YR 6/1) and black (10YR 2/1) and brown (10YR 4/3) stratified silty clay loam to stratified silty clay to clay loam; fragments. Lab sample # 40A18596. Horizon temperature 60 degrees F.