IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hecla
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957ND017002
  • User Pedon ID: S1957ND017002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 57ND017002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71695
  • User Project ID: 10-FAR_128
  • Project Name: MLRA 56 - Coarse-silty family units with loam surface textures
  • 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: 47.1955556
  • Std. Longitude: -97.3591667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 143 N
  • Range: 53 W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 1,740 feet east and 70 feet north of the southwest corner of section 14, 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 - 9/19/1957
  • 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: 9/19/1957 (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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind erosion
    • 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

    84—102

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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

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; fine sandy loam; weak subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1400; moist when described;
    A—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1401; moist when described;
    Bw—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loamy fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1402; moist when described;
    Bk—48 to 84 centimeters (18.9 to 33.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1403; moist when described;
    C1—84 to 102 centimeters (33.1 to 40.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loamy fine sand; 10 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium faint mottles; single grain; soft, very friable; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1404; moist when described;
    C2—102 to 130 centimeters (40.2 to 51.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loamy fine sand; 25 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine distinct mottles; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1405; moist when described;
    C3—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; loamy fine sand; 10 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) coarse distinct mottles; single grain; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # NDSU1406; moist when described;