IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): KUBE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958SD095008
  • User Pedon ID: S1958SD095008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2496
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37192
  • 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: 43.4124985
  • Std. Longitude: -101.0833359
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 40N
  • Range: 32W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 654 feet E and 219 feet N of the center
  • 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, mixed, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - KUBE
  • 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

  • Landscape: plains
  • 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:
  • 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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    A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and gray (10YR 5/1) crushed, black (10YR 2/1) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) crushed, moist; silt loam; weak and moderate fine granular structure; soft, friable; 0.5 fine and medium pores; organic stains on rock fragments; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A19592. Some quartz finely divided bleached; minerals primarily quartz; temperature 70 degrees F; false, plow depth boundary.
    A1A2—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silt loam; weak medium prismatic structure; soft, friable; 0.5 fine pores; organic stains on rock fragments and dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, coats on faces of peds and gray (10YR 5/1), dry, coats on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19593. Quartz predominantly finely divided bleached, minerals primarily quartz; temperature 71 degrees F.; continuous - phpvsfiid 185263; continuous - phpvsfiid 185264; continuous - phpvsfiid 185263; continuous - phpvsfiid 185264
    A2B2—20 to 25 centimeters (7.9 to 9.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 fine pores; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, coats on faces of peds and gray (10YR 6/1), dry, coats on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19594. Quartz predominantly finely divided bleached; minerals primarily quartz; temperature 72 degrees F.; continuous - phpvsfiid 185265; continuous - phpvsfiid 185266; continuous - phpvsfiid 185265; continuous - phpvsfiid 185266
    B21—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate coarse and very coarse wedge parts to moderate and strong fine and medium prismatic parts to strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 fine pores; very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, coats on faces of peds and gray (10YR 5/1), dry, coats on faces of peds and clay films on faces of peds and clay films on all faces of peds and iron stains on rock fragments and 10 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, iron stains on faces of peds and 10 percent distinct very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry, iron stains on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19595. Quartz on polygonal surfaces are predominantly finely divided bleached with some organic staining; minerals primarily quartz; temperature 73 degrees F.; patchy - phpvsfiid 195895; patchy - phpvsfiid 195896; continuous - phpvsfiid 195899; continuous - phpvsfiid 195900; patchy - phpvsfiid 195895; patchy - phpvsfiid 195896; continuous - phpvsfiid 195899; continuous - phpvsfiid 195900
    B22—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate coarse and very coarse wedge parts to moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.5 fine pores; dark grayish brown (10YR 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 faces of peds and clay films on all faces of peds and iron stains on rock fragments and organic stains on rock fragments; 1 percent fine noncoherent cemented salt masses; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19596. Quartz predominantly iron stained except on polygon faces where is it organically stained; minerals primarily quartz on polygonal faces and quartz with lesser amounts of feldspar and iron-manganese concentrations in all other material; temperature 74 degrees F.; patchy - phpvsfiid 195902; patchy - phpvsfiid 195903; continuous - phpvsfiid 195904; patchy - phpvsfiid 195905; patchy - phpvsfiid 195902; patchy - phpvsfiid 195903; continuous - phpvsfiid 195904; patchy - phpvsfiid 195905
    B3cacs1—56 to 64 centimeters (22.0 to 25.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; weak medium and coarse prismatic parts to weak and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.5 fine pores; clay films on all faces of peds and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, coats on faces of peds and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry, coats on faces of peds; 1 percent fine lime masses and 1 percent fine noncoherent cemented salt masses; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19597. Few to common salt films; quartz predominantly finely divided bleached; minerals primarily quartz with some feldspar and iron-manganese concentrations; temperature 70 degrees F.; patchy - phpvsfiid 185267; patchy - phpvsfiid 195908; patchy - phpvsfiid 195909; patchy - phpvsfiid 185267; patchy - phpvsfiid 195908; patchy - phpvsfiid 195909
    B3cacs2—64 to 79 centimeters (25.2 to 31.1 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.5 fine 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 all faces of peds; 3 percent fine lime masses and 3 percent fine noncoherent cemented salt masses; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19598. Quartz predominantly finely divided bleached; minerals as in above horizon; temperature 70 degrees F.; patchy - phpvsfiid 185268; patchy - phpvsfiid 185269; patchy - phpvsfiid 185270; patchy - phpvsfiid 185268; patchy - phpvsfiid 185269; patchy - phpvsfiid 185270
    Ccacssa1—79 to 104 centimeters (31.1 to 40.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam, silt loam; massive; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 fine pores; 1 percent fine lime masses and 3 percent fine noncoherent cemented salt masses; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19599. Quartz primarily bleached with some finely divided bleached; minerals as in above horizon but with noticeable increase in average size; temperature 66 degrees F.
    Ccacssa2—104 to 135 centimeters (40.9 to 53.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, friable; 21.0 fine pores; 3 percent fine lime masses and 3 percent fine noncoherent cemented salt masses; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A19600. Quartz as in horizon above; minerals primarily quartz with a substantial decrease in feldspar and iron-manganese concentrations; temperature 62 degrees F.