IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): NORA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957SD099009
  • User Pedon ID: S1957SD099009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2429
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37125
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 43.6674995
  • Std. Longitude: -96.5116653
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 102N
  • Range: 47W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 0.45 mile S of the NE corner
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD099—Minnehaha
  • MLRA: 107—Iowa and Missouri Deep Loess Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SD099—Minnehaha County, South Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Udic Haplustolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - NORA
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nora
  • Classificaton Date - 8/15/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • 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: 8/15/1957 (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
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    ABp—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; weak fine and medium platy parts to weak very fine and fine platy structure; soft, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19012. Quartz grains finely divided and stained; temperature 73 degrees F.
    BAp—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; brown (10YR 4/3), dry, coats on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A19013. Fine horizontal color banding of B and A materials; quartz grains stained and finely divided; temperature 73 degrees F; false, plow depth boundary.
    B2—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist; silt loam; weak and moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to weak fine and medium angular blocky structure; soft, friable; 3.0 very fine and tubular pores; dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, coats on faces of peds and brown (10YR 4/3), dry, coats on faces of peds and clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19014. Quartz grains finely divided, some stained, some bleached; temperature 73 degrees F.; patchy - phpvsfiid 185031; patchy - phpvsfiid 185032; patchy - phpvsfiid 185033; patchy - phpvsfiid 185031; patchy - phpvsfiid 185032; patchy - phpvsfiid 185033
    B2ca1—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist; silt loam; weak and moderate coarse prismatic parts to weak fine and medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 tubular pores; olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist, coats on faces of peds and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry, coats on faces of peds and clay films on all faces of peds and carbonate coats on concretions; 1 percent worm casts and 1 percent noncoherent cemented carbonate threads and 3 percent fine and medium weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19015. Quartz grains finely divided, some stained, some bleached; temperature 71 degrees F.; patchy - phpvsfiid 185034; patchy - phpvsfiid 185035; patchy - phpvsfiid 185036; continuous - phpvsfiid 185037; patchy - phpvsfiid 185034; patchy - phpvsfiid 185035; patchy - phpvsfiid 185036; continuous - phpvsfiid 185037
    B2ca2—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist; silt loam; weak and moderate very coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 tubular pores; olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist, coats on faces of peds and clay films on all faces of peds and carbonate coats on concretions; 1 percent worm casts and 1 percent fine noncoherent cemented carbonate threads and 3 percent fine and medium weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19016. Quartz grains finely divided predominantly bleached, some stained; temperature 70 degrees F.; patchy - phpvsfiid 185038; patchy - phpvsfiid 185039; continuous - phpvsfiid 185040; patchy - phpvsfiid 185038; patchy - phpvsfiid 185039; continuous - phpvsfiid 185040
    B2ca3—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist; silt loam; 3 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) medium faint and 3 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/1) medium faint mottles; weak and moderate very coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 tubular pores; clay films on all faces of peds and carbonate coats on concretions and 30 percent faint light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, iron stains on faces of peds and 30 percent faint olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6), dry, iron stains on faces of peds; 1 percent worm casts and 1 percent fine lime masses and 1 percent fine and medium weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19017. Quartz grains finely divided, predominantly bleached, some stained; temperature 69 degrees F.; patchy - phpvsfiid 185043; continuous - phpvsfiid 185044; patchy - phpvsfiid 185043; continuous - phpvsfiid 185044
    B3ca1—91 to 109 centimeters (35.8 to 42.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist; silt loam; 1 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) medium faint and 1 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/1) medium faint mottles; weak very coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 tubular pores; clay films on vertical faces of peds and carbonate coats on concretions and 30 percent faint light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, iron stains on faces of peds and 30 percent faint olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6), dry, iron stains on faces of peds; 1 percent worm casts and 1 percent fine lime masses and 1 percent fine weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19018. Quartz grains finely divided, predominantly bleached, some stained; temperature 68 degrees F.; patchy - phpvsfiid 185047; continuous - phpvsfiid 185048; patchy - phpvsfiid 185047; continuous - phpvsfiid 185048
    B3ca2—109 to 127 centimeters (42.9 to 50.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 very fine pores; clay films on vertical faces of peds and carbonate coats on concretions and 10 percent faint iron stains on faces of peds and 10 percent faint manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds; 1 percent fine lime masses and 3 percent medium weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19019. Quartz grains finely divided, some bleached, some stained; temperature 66 degrees F.; patchy - phpvsfiid 185049; continuous - phpvsfiid 185050; patchy - phpvsfiid 185049; continuous - phpvsfiid 185050
    Cca—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 very fine pores; carbonate coats on concretions and 10 percent faint manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 30 percent distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, iron stains on faces of peds and 30 percent distinct olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6), dry, iron stains on faces of peds; 1 percent fine lime masses and 1 percent medium weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A19020. Quartz grains predominantly bleached, some stained; temperature 64 degrees F.; continuous - phpvsfiid 195806; continuous - phpvsfiid 195806