IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): LOWE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957SD029002
  • User Pedon ID: S1957SD029002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2417
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37114
  • 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: 44.8750000
  • Std. Longitude: -97.2083359
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 116N
  • Range: 52W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 175 feet S of the NW corner
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD029—Codington
  • MLRA: 102A—Rolling Till Prairie
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SD029—Codington County, South Dakota
  • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, frigid Typic Calciaquolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - LOWE
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lamoure
  • Classificaton Date - 8/5/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/5/1957 (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
  • 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

    1

    432

    13.9

    A1pc—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; massive; hard, friable; fragments; very slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A18911. Quartz grains predominantly stained, some finely divided bleached; temperature 68 degrees F; false, plow depth boundary.
    ABc—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; weak medium and coarse prismatic parts to weak and moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 3.0 very fine pores; clay films on all faces of peds; 21 percent black (10YR 2/1) worm casts; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18912. Quartz grains predominantly bleached, some finely divided bleached, and a few larger lightly stained; temperature 68 degrees F.; patchy - phpvsfiid 184631; patchy - phpvsfiid 184631
    B1gc1—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), gray (N 5/0), dry; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, friable; 3.0 very fine pores; black (10YR 2/1), moist, coats on faces of peds and dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), dry, coats on faces of peds and clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) worm casts; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18913. Quartz grains predominantly stained, some finely divided bleached, and some larger bleached; temperature 68 degrees F.; patchy - phpvsfiid 184634; patchy - phpvsfiid 184634
    B1gc2—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), gray (N 5/0), dry; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, friable; 3.0 very fine pores; black (10YR 2/1), moist, coats on faces of peds and dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), dry, coats on faces of peds and clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18914. Quartz grains predominantly stained, some finely divided bleached, a few larger bleached; temperature 67 degrees F.; patchy - phpvsfiid 184637; patchy - phpvsfiid 184637
    B2gc1—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), gray (N 6/0), dry; silty clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 very fine pores; very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), moist, coats on faces of peds and gray (2.5Y 5/1), dry, coats on faces of peds and clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18915. Quartz grains predominantly stained and coated, some finely divided bleached, a few larger bleached and coated; temperature 64 degrees F.; continuous - phpvsfiid 184640; continuous - phpvsfiid 184640
    B2gc2—76 to 89 centimeters (29.9 to 35.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), gray (5Y 6/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 very fine pores; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18916. Quartz grains predominantly stained and coated, some finely divided bleached, few larger bleached and coated; temperature 62 degrees F.; continuous - phpvsfiid 184641; continuous - phpvsfiid 184641
    B2c—89 to 102 centimeters (35.0 to 40.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), gray (2.5Y 5/1), dry; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, friable; 3.0 very fine pores; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18917. Quartz grains either stained, bleached, or finely divided bleached.; patchy - phpvsfiid 184642; patchy - phpvsfiid 184642
    B3c—102 to 117 centimeters (40.2 to 46.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry; sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak fine granular parts to single grain; soft, friable; 3.0 very fine pores; very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist, coats on faces of peds and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry, coats on faces of peds and clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18918. Temperature 60 degrees F.; patchy - phpvsfiid 184645; patchy - phpvsfiid 184645
    Dc1—117 to 145 centimeters (46.1 to 57.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry; gravelly loamy sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18919. Quartz grains lightly stained; temperature 59 degrees F.
    Dc2—145 to 165 centimeters (57.1 to 65.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; gravelly sand; single grain; loose; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18920. Many dark minerals; quartz grains predominantly lightly stained; some bleached; temperature 59 degrees F.
    Dc3—165 centimeters (65.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; single grain; loose; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A18921. Not sampled; quartz grains predominantly lightly stained, some bleached; few dark minerals; temperature 55 degrees F.