IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Benclare
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956SD099018
  • User Pedon ID: S1956SD099018
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2365
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37062
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 43.6291656
  • Std. Longitude: -96.5708313
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 102N
  • Range: 48W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 0.25 mile south and 310 feet east of the northwest 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, smectitic, mesic Pachic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 18
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Benclare
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Corson
  • Classificaton Date - 8/23/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/23/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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

    3

    —

    —

    —

    —

    315

    686

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    A1p—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; silty clay loam; subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A18531. Quartz grains predominantly stained with some finely divided, bleached quartz grains and some bleached quartz grains also observed. Horizon temperature 64 degrees F. False plow depth boundary with many, distinct, dark colored tongues.
    B21—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak and moderate very fine and fine granular, and subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry, coats on all faces of peds and distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, coats on all faces of peds and clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18532. Quartz grains predominantly stained with some finely divided, bleached quartz grains and some bleached quartz grains also observed. Horizon temperature 64 degrees F. Many distinct, dark colored tongues.; continuous - phpvsfiid 196208; continuous - phpvsfiid 196208
    B22—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silty clay; weak and moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 3.0 very fine pores; distinct dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), dry, coats on all faces of peds and distinct very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), moist, coats on all faces of peds and clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18533. Quartz grains predominantly stained with some finely divided, bleached quartz grains and some bleached quartz grains also observed. Horizon temperature 65 degrees F. Many distinct, dark colored tongues.; patchy - phpvsfiid 196211; patchy - phpvsfiid 196211
    B23—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; clay; weak and moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 3.0 very fine pores; distinct dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), dry, coats on all faces of peds and distinct very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), moist, coats on all faces of peds and clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18534. Quartz grains predominantly coated and stained with some stained quartz grains, some coated bleached quartz grains, some bleached quartz grains, some finely divided, bleached quartz grains also observed. Horizon temperature 65 degrees F. Common dark colored tongues.; patchy - phpvsfiid 196214; patchy - phpvsfiid 196214
    B2c1—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist; silty clay; weak and moderate coarse prismatic parts to medium prismatic parts to moderate and strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 3.0 very fine pores; clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent distinct dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), dry, coats on horizontal faces of peds and 10 percent distinct very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), moist, coats on horizontal faces of peds and 30 percent distinct dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), dry, coats on vertical faces of peds and 30 percent distinct very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), moist, coats on vertical faces of peds; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18535. Quartz grains predominantly coated and stained, with some stained quartz grains, some bleached quartz grains, and some finely divided, bleached quartz grains also observed. Horizon temperature 64 degrees F. Few distinct, dark colored tongues.; patchy - phpvsfiid 196219; patchy - phpvsfiid 196219
    B2c2—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; silty clay; weak and moderate coarse prismatic parts to medium prismatic parts to weak and moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 3.0 very fine pores; clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent distinct dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), dry, coats on vertical faces of peds and 10 percent distinct very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), moist, coats on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18536. Quartz grains predominantly coated and stained, with some stained quartz grains, some coated bleached quartz grains, some bleached quartz grains, and some finely divided, bleached quartz grains also observed. Increasing dark minerals. Horizon temperature 63 degrees F.; patchy - phpvsfiid 196222; patchy - phpvsfiid 196222
    B2ca1—84 to 104 centimeters (33.1 to 40.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; silty clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium and coarse platy parts to weak and moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky, and angular blocky structure; hard, firm; 3.0 very fine pores; clay films on vertical faces of peds and clay films on horizontal faces of peds; 3 percent coarse weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A18537. Quartz grains predominantly coated and stained with some stained quartz grains, some coated bleached quartz grains, some bleached quartz grains, and some finely divided, bleached quartz grains also observed. Dark mineral population continues to increase. Horizon temperature 63 degrees F.; patchy - phpvsfiid 186004; continuous - phpvsfiid 186005; patchy - phpvsfiid 186004; continuous - phpvsfiid 186005
    B2ca2A2b—104 to 112 centimeters (40.9 to 44.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist; silty clay; gray (2.5Y 5/1) and 3 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak fine and medium platy structure; slightly hard, friable; 21.0 very fine pores; clay films on vertical faces of peds and faint iron stains on faces of peds; 3 percent coarse weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A18538. Only finely divided, bleached quartz grains observed. Horizon temperature 62 degrees F.; patchy - phpvsfiid 186006; patchy - phpvsfiid 186006
    B2ca3B2b—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist; silty clay; light gray (2.5Y 7/1) and 3 percent light gray (N 7/0) medium distinct mottles; moderate coarse prismatic parts to medium prismatic parts to fine prismatic parts to moderate and strong very fine and fine angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent iron stains on faces of peds; 3 percent coarse weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A18539. Concretions are spaced half an inch apart in 6-12" long vertical lines. Only finely divided, bleached quartz grains observed. Horizon temperature 60 degrees F.; patchy - phpvsfiid 186009; patchy - phpvsfiid 186009