IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MANTER
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958SD095002
  • User Pedon ID: S1958SD095002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2491
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37187
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 43.4500008
  • Std. Longitude: -100.9472198
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 40N
  • Range: 31W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 504 feet N of the SW corner on a rise 50 feet W of the trail
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD095—Mellette
  • MLRA: 64—Mixed Sandy and Silty Tableland and Badlands
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SD095—Mellette County, South Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - MANTER
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • 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:
  • 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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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and gray (10YR 5/1) crushed, very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, friable; organic stains on rock fragments; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19549. Quartz predominantly bleached; minerals primarily quartz; temperature 98 degrees F.
    B21—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 fine pores; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, coats on faces of peds and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry, coats on faces of peds and clay films on all faces of peds and iron stains on rock fragments; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19550. Some bleached quartz on ped faces; minerals primarily quartz with some feldspar; temperature 89 degrees F.; continuous - phpvsfiid 185199; continuous - phpvsfiid 185200; continuous - phpvsfiid 185201; continuous - phpvsfiid 185199; continuous - phpvsfiid 185200; continuous - phpvsfiid 185201
    B22—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 fine pores; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, coats on faces of peds and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry, coats on faces of peds and clay films on all faces of peds and iron stains on rock fragments; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19551. Quartz bleached on ped faces; minerals primarily quartz with some feldspar and some iron-manganese concentrations; temperature 89 degrees F.; continuous - phpvsfiid 185203; continuous - phpvsfiid 185204; continuous - phpvsfiid 185205; continuous - phpvsfiid 185203; continuous - phpvsfiid 185204; continuous - phpvsfiid 185205
    B23—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; sandy clay loam; weak and moderate coarse prismatic parts to weak and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 fine pores; clay films on vertical faces of peds and clay films on horizontal faces of peds and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, coats on faces of peds and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry, coats on faces of peds and iron stains on rock fragments; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19552. Quartz bleached on ped faces; minerals as in above horizon; temperature 89 degrees F.; continuous - phpvsfiid 185207; patchy - phpvsfiid 185208; continuous - phpvsfiid 185209; continuous - phpvsfiid 185210; continuous - phpvsfiid 185207; patchy - phpvsfiid 185208; continuous - phpvsfiid 185209; continuous - phpvsfiid 185210
    B31—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; sandy loam; weak and moderate coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 fine and medium pores; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, coats on faces of peds and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry, coats on faces of peds and clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19553. Quartz predominantly bleached; minerals as in above horizon; temperature 83 degrees F.; patchy - phpvsfiid 185212; patchy - phpvsfiid 185213; patchy - phpvsfiid 185214; patchy - phpvsfiid 185212; patchy - phpvsfiid 185213; patchy - phpvsfiid 185214
    B32—76 to 89 centimeters (29.9 to 35.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 medium pores; brown (10YR 5/3), moist, coats on faces of peds and very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry, coats on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19554. Minerals as in above horizon with an increase in iron-manganese concentrations; quartz predominantly bleached; temperature 80 degrees F.; patchy - phpvsfiid 185215; patchy - phpvsfiid 185216; patchy - phpvsfiid 185215; patchy - phpvsfiid 185216
    B3ca—89 to 119 centimeters (35.0 to 46.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 medium pores; grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, coats on faces of peds and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry, coats on faces of peds; 1 percent fine lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19555. Quartz predominantly bleached; minerals as in above horizon; temperature 80 degrees F.; patchy - phpvsfiid 185217; patchy - phpvsfiid 185218; patchy - phpvsfiid 185217; patchy - phpvsfiid 185218
    Cca1—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; loamy sand, sandy loam; massive parts to single grain; soft, very friable; 0.5 medium pores; 3 percent fine lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19556. Quartz predominantly bleached; minerals as in above horizon; temperature 72 degrees F.
    Cca2—152 to 274 centimeters (59.8 to 107.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; loamy sand; single grain; loose, loose; 1 percent fine lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A19557. Not sampled; quartz and minerals as in above horizon; temperature 66 degrees F.