IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alliance
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957SD113004
  • User Pedon ID: S1957SD113004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1957SD113004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2404
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37101
  • 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: 43.3910789
  • Std. Longitude: -102.3130188
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 40N
  • Range: 42W
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4, SE 1/4, 4.3 miles E of Sharp's corner, 310 feet S of the road
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD113—Oglala Lakota
  • MLRA: 64—Mixed Sandy and Silty Tableland and Badlands
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SD113—Shannon County, South Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alliance
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kadoka
  • Classificaton Date - 8/17/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/17/1957 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BOGR2

    Bouteloua gracilis

    blue grama

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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

    12

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    45

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18808. Quartz grains finely divided and bleached; pink minerals and dark minerals common.
    B21—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; weak and moderate medium prismatic parts to fine prismatic parts to moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18809. Quartz grains finely divided, predominantly bleached, some lightly stained; pink minerals and dark minerals common.; patchy - phpvsfiid 185091; patchy - phpvsfiid 185091
    B22—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) and brown (10YR 5/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak and moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, coats on upper surfaces of peds or rocks and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry, coats on upper surfaces of peds or rocks and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry, coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks and clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18810. Quartz grains finely divided and bleached; pink minerals and dark minerals common.; patchy - phpvsfiid 185092; patchy - phpvsfiid 185093; patchy - phpvsfiid 185094; patchy - phpvsfiid 185095; patchy - phpvsfiid 185096; patchy - phpvsfiid 185092; patchy - phpvsfiid 185093; patchy - phpvsfiid 185094; patchy - phpvsfiid 185095; patchy - phpvsfiid 185096
    B3ca—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, coats on upper surfaces of peds or rocks and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry, coats on upper surfaces of peds or rocks and clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18811. Lower portion of horizon: brown to pale brown (10YR 5.5/2 M, 8/2 D); silt loam; weak, coarse prisms; thin very patchy clay films on the vertical ped faces; friable, slightly hard; strongly calcareous; few, small, soft lime segregations; quartz grains finely divided and bleached; pink minerals and dark minerals common.; patchy - phpvsfiid 185097; patchy - phpvsfiid 185098; patchy - phpvsfiid 185099; patchy - phpvsfiid 185097; patchy - phpvsfiid 185098; patchy - phpvsfiid 185099
    Cca1—46 to 69 centimeters (18.1 to 27.2 inches); white (7.5YR 8/1), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, friable; 3 percent carbonate threads and 3 percent fine lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18812. Increasing dark minerals; quartz grains finely divided and bleached; pink minerals and dark minerals common.
    Cca2—69 to 102 centimeters (27.2 to 40.2 inches); pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, friable; 3 percent carbonate threads and 21 percent fine lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A18813. Quartz grains finely divided and bleached; pink minerals and dark minerals common; increasing dark minerals.