IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pierre
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957SD113009
  • User Pedon ID: S1957SD113009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1957SD113009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2437
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37133
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024

    • 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: 43.1855545
  • Std. Longitude: -102.9547195
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 37N
  • Range: 48W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4, 0.2 of a mile S of the NW corner and 285 feet E of the fence on the W side of the quarter section
  • 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 #: 9
  • 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: upland
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • 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

    BRJA

    Bromus japonicus

    Japanese brome

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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

    3

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    45

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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; weak fine granular structure; soft, friable; dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, coats on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19074. 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; silty clay, clay; weak and moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), 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; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19075. Quartz grains finely divided and bleached.; patchy - phpvsfiid 185134; patchy - phpvsfiid 185134
    B2c2—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2), olive (5Y 4/3), moist; clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate and strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; olive (5Y 5/3), moist, coats on faces of peds and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry, coats on faces of peds and clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19076. Few concretionary fragments; quartz grains finely divided and bleached.; continuous - phpvsfiid 185137; continuous - phpvsfiid 185137
    B2ca—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2), olive (5Y 4/3), moist; clay; weak medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; olive (5Y 5/3), moist, coats on faces of peds and olive gray (5Y 5/2), dry, coats on faces of peds and clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent medium and coarse lime masses; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19077. Few concretionary fragments; quartz grains finely divided and bleached.; continuous - phpvsfiid 185140; continuous - phpvsfiid 185140
    B2cacs—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2), olive (5Y 5/3), moist; clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak and moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry, coats on faces of peds and clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent salt masses and 1 percent medium and coarse lime masses; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19078. Quartz grains finely divided and bleached.; patchy - phpvsfiid 185143; patchy - phpvsfiid 185143
    B3cacs—64 to 91 centimeters (25.2 to 35.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; clay; weak very coarse prismatic structure; very hard, very firm; olive (5Y 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry, clay films on faces of peds and clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, iron stains on faces of peds and 10 percent faint light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), dry, iron stains on faces of peds and 10 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent lime masses and 1 percent salt masses; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19079. Few concretionary fragments; quartz grains finely divided and bleached.; patchy - phpvsfiid 185147; patchy - phpvsfiid 185148; patchy - phpvsfiid 185149; patchy - phpvsfiid 185147; patchy - phpvsfiid 185148; patchy - phpvsfiid 185149
    Drcs1—91 to 112 centimeters (35.8 to 44.1 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3), olive (5Y 5/3), moist; extremely hard, extremely firm*; dark gray (5Y 4/1), moist, coats on faces of peds and gray (5Y 6/1), dry, coats on faces of peds and clay films on horizontal faces of peds and 30 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on rock fragments and 30 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry, manganese or iron-manganese stains on rock fragments and 30 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, iron stains on rock fragments and 30 percent distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), dry, iron stains on rock fragments; 3 percent salt masses; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19080. Quartz grains finely divided and bleached.; patchy - phpvsfiid 185151; patchy - phpvsfiid 185152; patchy - phpvsfiid 185153; patchy - phpvsfiid 185154; patchy - phpvsfiid 185155; patchy - phpvsfiid 185156; patchy - phpvsfiid 185157; patchy - phpvsfiid 185151; patchy - phpvsfiid 185152; patchy - phpvsfiid 185153; patchy - phpvsfiid 185154; patchy - phpvsfiid 185155; patchy - phpvsfiid 185156; patchy - phpvsfiid 185157
    Drcs2—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3), olive (5Y 5/3), moist; clay; moderate and strong medium and coarse granular structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*; black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on rock fragments and very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry, manganese or iron-manganese stains on rock fragments and clay films on horizontal faces of peds and 75 percent prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, iron stains on rock fragments and 75 percent prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), dry, iron stains on rock fragments; 1 percent salt masses; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A19081. Quartz grains finely divided and bleached.; continuous - phpvsfiid 185158; continuous - phpvsfiid 185159; continuous - phpvsfiid 185160; continuous - phpvsfiid 185161; patchy - phpvsfiid 195849; continuous - phpvsfiid 185158; continuous - phpvsfiid 185159; continuous - phpvsfiid 185160; continuous - phpvsfiid 185161; patchy - phpvsfiid 195849