IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Raber
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956SD059008
  • User Pedon ID: S1956SD059008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1956SD059008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2444
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37140
  • 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: 44.3232531
  • Std. Longitude: -99.1660748
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 110N
  • Range: 69W
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: 0.26 mile south and 220 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Map Unit: ReB—Eakin-Raber complex, 2 to 6 percent slopesReB+—Raber-Eakin complex, undulating
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD059—Hand
  • MLRA: 53C—Southern Dark Brown Glaciated Plains
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-RED—Redfield, South Dakota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SD059—Hand County, South Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Copy of S1956SD059008-KSSL Pedon (Rec ID - 105646)
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Raber
  • PSC - 8 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/6/2022
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Raber
  • Classificaton Date - 7/25/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 2
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-loamy till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: rise
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.01 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/25/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    gypsum accumulations

    0—25

    8—71

    25—152

    137—152

    —25—

    —63—

    —127—

    —15—
    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

    3

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    135

    483

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    22.8

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), black (10YR 2/1), moist; loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry, coats on faces of peds and black (10YR 2/1), moist, coats on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19132. Quartz grains predominantly stained with some bleached quartz grains and some finely divided, bleached quartz grains also observed. Horizon temperature 70 degrees F.
    Bt—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay loam; weak and moderate medium prismatic parts to weak and moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine and medium prismatic parts to weak and moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; dark gray (10YR 4/1), 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 and clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A19133. Quartz grains predominantly bleached with some stained quartz grains and some finely divided, bleached quartz grains also observed. Horizon temperature 70 degrees F.; patchy - phpvsfiid 195610; continuous - phpvsfiid 195611; patchy - phpvsfiid 195610; continuous - phpvsfiid 195611
    Btk1—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to medium prismatic parts to weak and moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry, coats on faces of peds and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist, coats on faces of peds and clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A19134. continuous - phpvsfiid 195614; continuous - phpvsfiid 195614; Quartz grains predominantly stained with some bleached quartz grains and some finely divided, bleached grains also observed. Horizon temperature 70 degrees F.
    Btk2—38 to 71 centimeters (15.0 to 28.0 inches); clay loam; 21 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine and medium distinct and 21 percent gray (N 6/0) fine and medium distinct and 21 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine and medium distinct and 21 percent dark gray (N 4/0) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak and moderate medium and coarse prismatic structure; hard, friable; 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 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 yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, iron stains on faces of peds; 21 percent lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A19135. Quartz grains predominantly stained with some bleached quartz grains and some finely divided, bleached quartz grains also observed. Horizon temperature 68 degrees F.; continuous - phpvsfiid 195619; continuous - phpvsfiid 195619
    Bk1—71 to 91 centimeters (28.0 to 35.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist; clay loam; 21 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) fine and medium distinct and 21 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable; 75 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), dry, iron stains on faces of peds and 75 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 75 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, iron stains on faces of peds and 75 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds; 3 percent lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A19136. Quartz grains predominantly stained with some bleached quartz grains also observed. Horizon temperature 64 degrees F.
    Bk2—91 to 137 centimeters (35.8 to 53.9 inches); clay loam; 21 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) fine and medium distinct and 21 percent light gray (N 7/0) fine and medium distinct and 21 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine and medium distinct and 21 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) fine and medium distinct and 21 percent gray (N 5/0) fine and medium distinct and 21 percent dark olive brown (2.5Y 3/3) fine and medium distinct mottles; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm; clay films on all faces of peds and 75 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), dry, iron stains on faces of peds and 75 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 75 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron stains on faces of peds; 1 percent lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A19137. Quartz grains predominantly stained with some bleached quartz grains and some finely divided, bleached quartz grains also observed. Horizon temperature 60 degrees F.; patchy - phpvsfiid 184561; patchy - phpvsfiid 184561
    Bky—137 to 152 centimeters (53.9 to 59.8 inches); clay loam; 21 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) fine and medium distinct and 21 percent light gray (N 7/0) fine and medium distinct and 21 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine and medium distinct and 21 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) fine and medium distinct and 21 percent gray (N 5/0) fine and medium distinct and 21 percent dark olive brown (2.5Y 3/3) fine and medium distinct mottles; strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm; clay films on all faces of peds and 75 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), dry, iron stains on faces of peds and 75 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 75 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, iron stains on faces of peds and 75 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds; 1 percent lime masses and 21 percent salt masses; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A19138. patchy - phpvsfiid 184566; patchy - phpvsfiid 184566; Quartz grains predominantly bleached with some finely divided, bleached quartz grains also observed. Horizon temperature 58 degrees F.