IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hecla
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957ND017001
  • User Pedon ID: S1957ND017001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 57ND017001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71542
  • User Project ID: 10-FAR_128
  • Project Name: MLRA 56 - Coarse-silty family units with loam surface textures
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 47.2025000
  • Std. Longitude: -97.4083333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 143 N
  • Range: 53 W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 75 feet east and 2,610 feet north of the southwest corner of section 16, T. 143 N., R. 53 W.
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND017—Cass
  • MLRA: 56—Red River Valley of the North
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-FAR—Fargo, North Dakota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND017—Cass County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: FS, ER, MS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, frigid Oxyaquic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hecla
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, frigid Oxyaquic Hapludolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/7/1957
  • Classifier - FS, ER, MS
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • QC Status: level 2


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy glaciofluvial deposits
  • Landscape: lake plain
  • Landform: rise
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/7/1957 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    mottles with chroma 2 or less

    0—33

    33—117

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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
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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1394; moist when described;
    A1—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; loamy fine sand; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1395; moist when described;
    A2—33 to 58 centimeters (13.0 to 22.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loamy fine sand; 10 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine faint mottles; single grain; very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1396; moist when described;
    AC—58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; loamy fine sand; 10 percent black (10YR 2/1) medium faint mottles; single grain; slightly hard, loose; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1397; dry when described;
    C1—79 to 117 centimeters (31.1 to 46.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; fine sand; 25 percent very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) medium distinct mottles; massive; loose, loose; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1398; dry when described;
    C2—117 to 163 centimeters (46.1 to 64.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; fine sand; 25 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) medium faint mottles; massive; loose, loose; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # NDSU1399; moist when described;