IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): HUGGINS
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958SD095005
  • User Pedon ID: S1958SD095005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1958SD095005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2494
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37190
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 43.4108315
  • Std. Longitude: -101.1988907
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 41N
  • Range: 32W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 525 feet E and 705 feet S of the N 1/4 corner
  • 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: Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - HUGGINS
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - UNNAMED
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1958
  • 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: 1.00 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
    • 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
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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) crushed, moist; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, friable; organic stains on rock fragments; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19578. Some quartz finely divided bleached; minerals primarily quartz.
    B21—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam, silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), 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 iron stains on concretions; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A19579. Quartz predominantly lightly iron stained, some finely divided bleached; minerals predominantly quartz with some feldspar and iron-manganese concentrations.; continuous - phpvsfiid 185249; continuous - phpvsfiid 185250; continuous - phpvsfiid 185251; continuous - phpvsfiid 185249; continuous - phpvsfiid 185250; continuous - phpvsfiid 185251
    B22—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; weak and moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, coats on faces of peds and gray (10YR 5/1), dry, coats on faces of peds and clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A19580. Few calcareous fragments of parent rock; quartz predominantly finely divided bleached; minerals as in above horizon.; patchy - phpvsfiid 185253; patchy - phpvsfiid 185254; patchy - phpvsfiid 185255; patchy - phpvsfiid 185253; patchy - phpvsfiid 185254; patchy - phpvsfiid 185255
    Dr-B3ca—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium granular structure; soft, friable; very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, coats on faces of peds and very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry, coats on faces of peds and clay films on vertical faces of peds; 3 percent fine noncoherent cemented lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A19581. Common calcareous parent material fragments; quartz predominantly finely divided bleached; minerals as in above horizon.; continuous - phpvsfiid 185256; continuous - phpvsfiid 185257; patchy - phpvsfiid 185258; continuous - phpvsfiid 185256; continuous - phpvsfiid 185257; patchy - phpvsfiid 185258
    Drcasa1—43 to 84 centimeters (16.9 to 33.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; weak and moderate medium platy structure; hard, very firm; light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, coats on faces of peds and light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, coats on faces of peds; 1 percent carbonate threads; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A19582. Not sampled; few salt films; quartz predominantly finely divided bleached; minerals as in above horizon.; continuous - phpvsfiid 185259; continuous - phpvsfiid 185260; continuous - phpvsfiid 185259; continuous - phpvsfiid 185260
    Drcasa2—84 to 91 centimeters (33.1 to 35.8 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; silt loam; moderate medium platy structure; hard, very firm; 1 percent carbonate threads; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A19583. Not sampled; few salt films; quartz and minerals as in horizon above.