IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): CROFTON
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956SD099001
  • User Pedon ID: S1956SD099001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2370
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37067
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 43.6602783
  • Std. Longitude: -96.6316681
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 102N
  • Range: 48W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 100 feet west and 145 feet north of the southeast corner
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD099—Minnehaha
  • MLRA: 102B—Till Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SD099—Minnehaha County, South Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed (calcareous), mesic Typic Ustorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - CROFTON
  • Classificaton Date - 1/26/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Crofton
  • Classificaton Date - 8/13/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 4
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/13/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

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    ABpc—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, friable; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, coats on faces of peds and clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A18565. Only finely divided, bleached quartz grains observed. Horizon temperature 70 degrees F. This changes with a false plow depth boundary.; patchy - phpvsfiid 196106; patchy - phpvsfiid 196106
    B2ca1—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium and coarse prismatic parts to fine granular, and fine angular blocky structure; soft, friable; 3.0 very fine pores; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry, coats on faces of peds and clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine and medium weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions; fragments; very slight effervescence smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18566. Only finely divided, bleached quartz grains observed. Horizon temperature 70 degrees F.; patchy - phpvsfiid 196107; patchy - phpvsfiid 196108; patchy - phpvsfiid 196107; patchy - phpvsfiid 196108
    B2ca2—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak and moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to weak fine granular, and angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 very fine pores; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry, coats on faces of peds and olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist, coats on faces of peds; 3 percent fine and medium weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18567. Only finely divided, bleached quartz grains observed. Horizon temperature 70 degrees F.; patchy - phpvsfiid 196109; patchy - phpvsfiid 196109
    B3ca—51 to 64 centimeters (20.1 to 25.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak and moderate coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 very fine pores; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry, coats on faces of peds and olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist, coats on faces of peds and 10 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), dry, iron stains on faces of peds and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, iron stains on faces of peds; 32 percent fine and medium weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18568. Only finely divided, bleached quartz grains observed. Horizon temperature 69 degrees F.
    Cca1—64 to 76 centimeters (25.2 to 29.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; silt loam; 3 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) medium distinct and 3 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) medium faint mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to massive; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 very fine pores; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry, coats on faces of peds and clay films on vertical faces of peds; 21 percent medium and coarse weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18569. Only finely divided, bleached quartz grains observed. Horizon temperature 69 degrees F.; patchy - phpvsfiid 196116; patchy - phpvsfiid 196116
    Cca2—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to massive; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 very fine pores; clay films on vertical faces of peds; 3 percent fine and medium weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18570. Only finely divided, bleached quartz grains observed. Horizon temperature 68 degrees F.; patchy - phpvsfiid 196117; patchy - phpvsfiid 196117
    Cca3—102 to 122 centimeters (40.2 to 48.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; silt loam; olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) and 3 percent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) medium distinct mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable; 1 percent fine and medium weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18571. Only finely divided, bleached quartz grains observed. Horizon temperature 67 degrees F.
    Cca4—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; silt loam; 1 percent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) fine distinct and 1 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine faint mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable; 1 percent fine and medium weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A18572. Only finely divided, bleached quartz grains observed. Horizon temperature 64 degrees F.