IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): RICHFIELD
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958SD007006
  • User Pedon ID: S1958SD007006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2487
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37183
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 43.1308060
  • Std. Longitude: -101.6107712
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 37N
  • Range: 36W
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of the SW 1/4, 600 feet E and 855 feet N of the SW corner
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD007—Bennett
  • MLRA: 64—Mixed Sandy and Silty Tableland and Badlands
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SD007—Bennett County, South Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - RICHFIELD
  • Classificaton Date - 9/6/2001
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - UNNAMED
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • 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: 8/1/1958 (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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    A1p—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, gray (10YR 5/1) and gray (10YR 5/1) crushed, dry; silt loam; subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 75 percent organic stains on rock fragments; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A19510. Some quartz finely divided bleached; minerals primarily quartz; temperature 70 degrees F; false, plow depth boundary.
    A1A2—15 to 20 centimeters (5.9 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 fine pores; gray (10YR 5/1), dry, coats on faces of peds and 30 percent iron stains on rock fragments and 75 percent organic stains on rock fragments; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19511. Many quartz finely divided bleached; minerals primarily quartz; temperature 70 degrees F.; continuous - phpvsfiid 185427; continuous - phpvsfiid 185427
    B2A2—20 to 25 centimeters (7.9 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 fine pores; gray (10YR 5/1), dry, coats on faces of peds and clay films on all faces of peds and 75 percent iron stains on rock fragments; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19512. Many quartz finely divided bleached; minerals primarily quartz; temperature 71 degrees F.; continuous - phpvsfiid 185430; continuous - phpvsfiid 185431; continuous - phpvsfiid 185430; continuous - phpvsfiid 185431
    B21—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate very fine and fine angular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 medium and 0.5 fine and 0.5 coarse pores; dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, coats on faces of peds and dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry, coats on faces of peds and clay films on all faces of peds and 75 percent iron stains on rock fragments; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19513. Few quartz finely divided bleached; minerals primarily quartz; temperature 71 degrees F.; patchy - phpvsfiid 185433; patchy - phpvsfiid 185434; continuous - phpvsfiid 185435; patchy - phpvsfiid 185433; patchy - phpvsfiid 185434; continuous - phpvsfiid 185435
    B22—41 to 51 centimeters (16.1 to 20.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate very fine and fine angular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 fine and medium pores; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry, coats on faces of peds and clay films on all faces of peds and 75 percent iron stains on rock fragments; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19514. Few quartz finely divided bleached; minerals predominantly quartz with a few feldspar and iron-manganese concentrations; temperature 72 degrees F.; patchy - phpvsfiid 185437; continuous - phpvsfiid 185438; patchy - phpvsfiid 185437; continuous - phpvsfiid 185438
    B23—51 to 61 centimeters (20.1 to 24.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak and moderate medium prismatic parts to weak and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 0.5 medium and 3.0 fine pores; dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), moist, coats on faces of peds and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry, coats on faces of peds and clay films on horizontal faces of peds and clay films on vertical faces of peds and 1 percent iron stains on rock fragments; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A19515. Quartz predominantly finely divided bleached; minerals as in above horizon; temperature 73 degrees F.; patchy - phpvsfiid 185440; patchy - phpvsfiid 185441; patchy - phpvsfiid 185442; patchy - phpvsfiid 195969; patchy - phpvsfiid 185440; patchy - phpvsfiid 185441; patchy - phpvsfiid 185442; patchy - phpvsfiid 195969
    B3ca—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 medium and 0.5 fine and 0.5 coarse pores; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, coats on faces of peds and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry, coats on faces of peds and clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine lime masses and 3 percent fine noncoherent cemented carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19516. Quartz predominantly finely divided bleached; minerals predominantly quartz with noticeable increase in feldspar and iron-manganese concentrations; temperature 70 degrees F.; patchy - phpvsfiid 195971; patchy - phpvsfiid 195972; patchy - phpvsfiid 195973; patchy - phpvsfiid 195971; patchy - phpvsfiid 195972; patchy - phpvsfiid 195973
    Cca—84 to 112 centimeters (33.1 to 44.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silt loam; massive; soft, friable; 0.5 fine and medium pores; 3 percent fine lime masses and 3 percent fine noncoherent cemented carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19517. Few to common fragments of parent rock. Quartz predominantly finely divided bleached; minerals as in above horizon; temperature 66 degrees F.
    (C-Dr)ca—112 to 137 centimeters (44.1 to 53.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silt loam; massive; soft, very friable; 0.5 coarse pores; 1 percent fine lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A19518. Common fragments of light brownish-gray to light gray Dr materials (2.5Y 6.5/2M, 8/2 D); few to common fragments of parent rock; minerals predominantly quartz with another increase in feldspar and iron-manganese concentrations; temperature 63 degrees F; auger boundary.
    Drc—165 centimeters (65.0 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), dry; unweathered bedrock; strong fine and medium platy structure; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A19519. Not sampled; quartz predominantly finely divided bleached; minerals as in above horizon.