IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): WANBLEE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958SD095007
  • User Pedon ID: S1958SD095007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1958SD095007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2495
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37191
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 43.4399986
  • Std. Longitude: -101.0986099
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 40N
  • Range: 32W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 150 feet W and 519 feet N of the E 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 Ustollic Natrargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - WANBLEE
  • 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 - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BOGR2

    DISP

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Distichlis spicata

    blue grama

    saltgrass

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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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    A2—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and light gray (10YR 7/1) crushed, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and gray (10YR 5/1) crushed, moist; loam; weak fine platy structure; soft, very friable; 21.0 fine and medium pores; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A19584. Quartz predominantly finely divided bleached; minerals primarily quartz.
    A2B2—2 to 4 centimeters (0.8 to 1.6 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loam, silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 medium and 3.0 fine pores; light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, coats on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A19585. Quartz predominantly finely divided bleached; minerals primarily quartz.; continuous - phpvsfiid 185271; continuous - phpvsfiid 185271
    B2&B2c—4 to 13 centimeters (1.6 to 5.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay; weak and moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate and strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; clay films on upper surfaces of peds or rocks and clay films on lower surfaces of peds or rocks and iron stains on rock fragments; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A19586. Quartz predominantly lightly iron stained, some finely divided bleached; minerals primarily quartz with some feldspar and iron-manganese concentrations.; continuous - phpvsfiid 185272; continuous - phpvsfiid 185273; continuous - phpvsfiid 185272; continuous - phpvsfiid 185273
    B3casa1—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; silty clay loam; weak and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 fine pores; light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, coats on faces of peds and clay films on all faces of peds and iron stains on rock fragments; 1 percent fine lime masses and 1 percent fine salt masses; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A19587. Quartz predominantly bleached with some finely divided bleached; minerals as in above horizon.; patchy - phpvsfiid 185275; patchy - phpvsfiid 185276; patchy - phpvsfiid 185275; patchy - phpvsfiid 185276
    B3casa2—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; silt loam, silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 fine pores; pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, coats on faces of peds and clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine salt masses and 1 percent fine lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A19588. Few salt films; quartz predominantly bleached, some finely divided bleached; minerals as in above horizon.; patchy - phpvsfiid 185278; patchy - phpvsfiid 185279; patchy - phpvsfiid 185278; patchy - phpvsfiid 185279
    C-Drcasa—36 to 58 centimeters (14.2 to 22.8 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; silt loam; massive parts to weak fine and medium platy; hard, friable; 0.5 fine pores; 1 percent fine lime masses and 1 percent fine salt masses; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19589. Few salt films; quartz and minerals as in above horizon.
    C-Drcasa—58 to 89 centimeters (22.8 to 35.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; massive parts to weak fine and medium platy; hard, friable; 0.5 fine pores; 1 percent fine lime masses and 3 percent fine salt masses; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19590. Many salt films; quartz and minerals as in above horizon.
    Drcasa—89 to 132 centimeters (35.0 to 52.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; silt loam; weak and moderate fine and medium platy structure; hard, friable; 0.5 fine pores; 1 percent noncoherent cemented salt masses and 1 percent fine lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A19591. Many salt films; quartz and minerals as in horizon above.