IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pierre
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957SD113008
  • User Pedon ID: S1957SD113008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1957SD113008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2436
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37132
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 43.1847229
  • Std. Longitude: -102.9944458
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 37N
  • Range: 48W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4, 0.5 of a mile E of the NW corner
  • Location Description: 0.50 of a mile E of the Fall River County line, and 295 feet S of the fence along the S side of US Highway 18
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD113—Oglala Lakota
  • MLRA: 60A—Pierre Shale Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SD113—Shannon County, South Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Torrerts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pierre
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pierre
  • Classificaton Date - 8/18/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/18/1957 (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

    PASM

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Pascopyrum smithii

    blue grama

    western wheatgrass

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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

    6

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    315

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist; silty clay loam, silty clay; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, coats on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19065. Quartz grains finely divided and bleached.
    B2c1—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak and moderate fine and medium prismatic parts to moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist, coats on faces of peds and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry, coats on faces of peds and clay films on vertical faces of peds and clay films on horizontal faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19066. Quartz grains finely divided and bleached.; patchy - phpvsfiid 185111; continuous - phpvsfiid 185112; patchy - phpvsfiid 185111; continuous - phpvsfiid 185112
    B2c2—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate and strong medium prismatic parts to moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry, coats on faces of peds and clay films on vertical faces of peds and clay films on horizontal faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19067. Quartz grains finely divided and bleached.; continuous - phpvsfiid 185114; patchy - phpvsfiid 185115; continuous - phpvsfiid 185114; patchy - phpvsfiid 185115
    B2cacs1—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2), olive (5Y 5/3), moist; clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium prismatic parts to weak and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; olive gray (5Y 4/2), moist, coats on faces of peds and olive gray (5Y 5/2), dry, coats on faces of peds and clay films on vertical faces of peds and clay films on horizontal faces of peds and 10 percent slickensides (pedogenic); salt masses and 1 percent fine lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19068. Quartz grains finely divided and bleached.; continuous - phpvsfiid 185118; patchy - phpvsfiid 185119; continuous - phpvsfiid 185118; patchy - phpvsfiid 185119
    B2cacs2—43 to 66 centimeters (16.9 to 26.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; clay; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak and moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; olive gray (5Y 5/2), 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 clay films on horizontal faces of peds and 10 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine lime masses and 1 percent fine salt masses; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19069. Quartz grains finely divided and bleached.; patchy - phpvsfiid 185123; continuous - phpvsfiid 185124; patchy - phpvsfiid 185123; continuous - phpvsfiid 185124
    B3cccs—66 to 84 centimeters (26.0 to 33.1 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3), olive (5Y 5/3), moist; clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, very firm; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist, coats on faces of peds and clay films on vertical faces of peds and clay films on horizontal faces of peds and 10 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, iron stains on faces of peds and 10 percent faint brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), dry, iron stains on faces of peds and 10 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent salt masses and 1 percent fine lime masses; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19070. Quartz grains finely divided and bleached; concretionary fragments common.; patchy - phpvsfiid 195838; continuous - phpvsfiid 195839; patchy - phpvsfiid 195838; continuous - phpvsfiid 195839
    C-Dcccs—84 to 94 centimeters (33.1 to 37.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; clay; moderate fine and medium granular structure; very hard, very firm; clay films on horizontal faces of peds and 10 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on rock fragments and 10 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry, manganese or iron-manganese stains on rock fragments; very coarse iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent salt masses and 1 percent fine lime masses; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19071. Weather bedded shale; quartz grains finely divided, predominantly lightly stained; a few bleached.; patchy - phpvsfiid 195841; patchy - phpvsfiid 195842; patchy - phpvsfiid 195843; patchy - phpvsfiid 195841; patchy - phpvsfiid 195842; patchy - phpvsfiid 195843
    Drcs1—94 to 114 centimeters (37.0 to 44.9 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2), olive (5Y 5/3), moist; moderate fine and medium granular structure; very hard, extremely firm*; clay films on horizontal faces of peds and 10 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, iron stains on faces of peds and 10 percent faint brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), dry, iron stains on faces of peds and 10 percent prominent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on rock fragments and 10 percent prominent dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry, manganese or iron-manganese stains on rock fragments; 3 percent salt masses; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19072. Quartz grains finely divided and bleached; weather bedded shale.; patchy - phpvsfiid 195848; patchy - phpvsfiid 195848
    Drcs2—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2), olive gray (5Y 5/2), moist; clay; moderate and strong medium and coarse granular structure; very hard, extremely firm*; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on rock fragments and dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry, manganese or iron-manganese stains on rock fragments and clay films on horizontal faces of peds and 30 percent prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, iron stains on faces of peds and 30 percent prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), dry, iron stains on faces of peds; 1 percent salt masses; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A19073. Quartz grains finely divided and bleached; unweathered bedded shale.; patchy - phpvsfiid 185130; patchy - phpvsfiid 185130