IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): HUGGINS
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958SD095010
  • User Pedon ID: S1958SD095010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1958SD095010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2498
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37194
  • 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: 43.5611115
  • Std. Longitude: -101.1277771
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 40N
  • Range: 33W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 465 feet W and 63 feet S of the E 1/2 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 #: 10
  • 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

  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BOGR2

    BRJA

    BRTE

    PASM

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Bromus japonicus

    Bromus tectorum

    Pascopyrum smithii

    blue grama

    Japanese brome

    cheatgrass

    western wheatgrass

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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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    2

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    270

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and dark gray (10YR 4/1) crushed, very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; silt loam; subangular blocky parts to weak and moderate very fine platy structure; soft, very friable; organic stains on rock fragments; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19609. Quartz finely divided some bleached; minerals primarily quartz; temperature 104 degrees F.
    B21—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silty clay; weak and moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate and strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), 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 and iron stains on rock fragments; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19610. Quartz on ped paces is predominantly bleached; minerals primarily quartz; temperature 88 degrees F.; continuous - phpvsfiid 195912; continuous - phpvsfiid 195913; continuous - phpvsfiid 195914; continuous - phpvsfiid 195912; continuous - phpvsfiid 195913; continuous - phpvsfiid 195914
    B22—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silty clay loam; weak and moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate and strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 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 iron stains on rock fragments and 10 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19611. Quartz predominantly finely divided; minerals primarily quartz; temperature 82 degrees F.; patchy - phpvsfiid 195916; patchy - phpvsfiid 195917; continuous - phpvsfiid 195918; patchy - phpvsfiid 195916; patchy - phpvsfiid 195917; continuous - phpvsfiid 195918
    B23—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; weak and moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and clay films on all faces of peds and iron stains on rock fragments; fragments; noneffervescent; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A19612. Quartz predominantly finely divided; minerals primarily quartz; temperature 82 degrees F; B horizon materials extend down both vertical and horizontal fracture plains throughout the 15 to 20 inches and into the 20 to 30 inches horizon.; continuous - phpvsfiid 195921; continuous - phpvsfiid 195922; continuous - phpvsfiid 195921; continuous - phpvsfiid 195922
    Dr&B2—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; silt loam; moderate and strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19613. Not sampled; structure in B material between the partially weathered Dr matrix which is partially weathered parent rock showing weak medium bedding; quartz predominantly finely divided bleached in Dr materials; minerals primarily quartz with some feldspar and iron-manganese concentrations; temperature 78 degrees F.; continuous - phpvsfiid 195924; continuous - phpvsfiid 195924
    Drca—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; silt loam; moderate medium and coarse platy structure; very hard, very firm; light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, coats on faces of peds and white (10YR 8/1), dry, coats on faces of peds; 3 percent fine carbonate threads; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A19614. Not sampled; few salt films; quartz predominantly finely divided bleached; minerals as in above horizon; temperature 78 degrees F.; continuous - phpvsfiid 185302; continuous - phpvsfiid 185303; continuous - phpvsfiid 185302; continuous - phpvsfiid 185303