IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Poinsett
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957SD029007
  • User Pedon ID: S1957SD029007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2441
  • Print Date: 4/29/2025

    • 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: 45.1124992
  • Std. Longitude: -97.3722229
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 119N
  • Range: 54W
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 0.15 mile N of the SW corner
  • Map Unit: J162B—Poinsett-Buse-Waubay complex, 1 to 6 percent slopesJ162B—Poinsett-Buse-Waubay complex, 1 to 6 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD029—Codington
  • MLRA: 102D—Prairie Coteau
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-RED—Redfield, South Dakota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SD029—Codington County, South Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, frigid Calcic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Copy of S1957SD029007-KSSL Pedon (Rec ID - 105601)
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Poinsett
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/7/2025
  • Classifier - Winter, Steve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - thirteenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Poinsett
  • Classificaton Date - 8/7/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 2
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: periglacial loess
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.01 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/7/1957 (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

    cambic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—38

    38—56

    56—142

    —38—

    —18—

    —86—
    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

    2

    —

    —

    —

    —

    0

    432

    —

    —

    13.9

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    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, friable; organic stains on sand and gravel; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A19107. Quartz grains predominantly finely divided and bleached; temperature 76 degrees F; false, plow depth boundary.
    Bw1—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; weak and moderate medium prismatic parts to weak and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable; 3.0 very fine pores; dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry, coats on faces of peds and clay films on vertical faces of peds and organic stains on sand and gravel; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19108. Quartz grains predominantly finely divided and bleached; temperature 74 degrees F.; patchy - phpvsfiid 195682; patchy - phpvsfiid 195682
    Bw2—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to medium prismatic parts to weak and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 very fine pores; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, coats on faces of peds and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry, coats on faces of peds and clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19109. patchy - phpvsfiid 195686; patchy - phpvsfiid 195686; Quartz grains predominantly finely divided and bleached, some larger stained; temperature 74 degrees F.
    Bw3—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to medium prismatic parts to weak and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 very fine pores; very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), moist, coats on faces of peds and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), dry, coats on faces of peds and clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A19110. Quartz grains predominantly finely divided and bleached, some larger stained; temperature 71 degrees F.; patchy - phpvsfiid 195687; patchy - phpvsfiid 195688; patchy - phpvsfiid 195689; patchy - phpvsfiid 195687; patchy - phpvsfiid 195688; patchy - phpvsfiid 195689
    Bk1—56 to 69 centimeters (22.0 to 27.2 inches); olive (5Y 5/3), pale olive (5Y 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; weak and moderate coarse prismatic parts to weak medium and coarse angular blocky structure; soft, friable; 3.0 very fine pores; olive (5Y 5/3), moist, coats on faces of peds and light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry, coats on faces of peds and clay films on vertical faces of peds and 10 percent prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron stains on faces of peds and 10 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), dry, iron stains on faces of peds; 1 percent fine lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19111. patchy - phpvsfiid 184736; patchy - phpvsfiid 184737; patchy - phpvsfiid 184738; patchy - phpvsfiid 184736; patchy - phpvsfiid 184737; patchy - phpvsfiid 184738; Quartz grains finely divided and bleached; temperature 69 degrees F.
    Bk2—69 to 91 centimeters (27.2 to 35.8 inches); olive (5Y 5/3), pale olive (5Y 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; weak and moderate coarse prismatic parts to weak medium and coarse angular blocky structure; soft, friable; 3.0 very fine pores; olive (5Y 5/3), moist, coats on faces of peds and pale olive (5Y 6/3), dry, coats on faces of peds and clay films on vertical faces of peds and 1 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 1 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 30 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, iron stains on faces of peds and 30 percent faint brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), dry, iron stains on faces of peds; 3 percent fine and medium lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19112. Quartz grains finely divided and bleached; temperature 68 degrees F.; patchy - phpvsfiid 184743; patchy - phpvsfiid 184744; patchy - phpvsfiid 184745; patchy - phpvsfiid 184743; patchy - phpvsfiid 184744; patchy - phpvsfiid 184745
    Bk3—91 to 112 centimeters (35.8 to 44.1 inches); olive (5Y 5/4), pale olive (5Y 6/3), dry; silt loam; 1 percent gray (5Y 6/1) fine distinct and 1 percent light gray (5Y 7/1) fine distinct mottles; weak and moderate very coarse prismatic parts to weak and moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; soft, friable; 3.0 very fine pores; clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 10 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 30 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, iron stains on faces of peds and 30 percent faint brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), dry, iron stains on faces of peds; 1 percent fine and medium lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19113. patchy - phpvsfiid 184750; patchy - phpvsfiid 184750; Quartz grains finely divided, predominantly bleached, a few stained; temperature 66 degrees F.
    Bk4—112 to 142 centimeters (44.1 to 55.9 inches); olive (5Y 5/4), pale olive (5Y 6/3), dry; silt loam; 1 percent gray (5Y 6/1) fine distinct and 1 percent light gray (5Y 7/1) fine distinct mottles; weak and moderate very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky parts to fine angular blocky structure; soft, very friable; 3.0 very fine pores; clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 10 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 30 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, iron stains on faces of peds and 30 percent faint brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), dry, iron stains on faces of peds; 1 percent fine and medium lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19114. Quartz grains finely divided, predominantly bleached, some stained; temperature 66 degrees F.; patchy - phpvsfiid 184755; patchy - phpvsfiid 184755
    C—142 to 165 centimeters (55.9 to 65.0 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2), light gray (5Y 7/1), dry; silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic parts to moderate and strong medium angular blocky, and fine angular blocky structure; soft, very friable; 3.0 very fine pores; clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 10 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 30 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, iron stains on faces of peds and 30 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), dry, iron stains on faces of peds; irregular iron concretions; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A19115. patchy - phpvsfiid 184760; patchy - phpvsfiid 184760; Pipestem iron concretions with radiating concentric iron stained rings becoming fainter with distance from pipestem centers; quartz grains finely divided, predominantly stained, some bleached; temperature 64 degrees F.