IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Aberdeen
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1964ND077002
  • User Pedon ID: S1964ND077002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 64ND077002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69710
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 133
  • Range: 48
  • Section: 21
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND077—Richland
  • MLRA: 56—Red River Valley of the North
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND077—Richland County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: FS-LJ-SW
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Glossic Natrudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Aberdeen
  • PSC - 25 to 46 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/30/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Aberdeen
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, frigid Glossic Natrudolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/15/1964
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey lacustrine deposits
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: rise
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/15/1964 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Kind: microhigh
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    21

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    125

    43

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) exterior, dark gray (10YR 4/1) exterior, dry; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to strong fine granular structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1330
    E—20 to 25 centimeters (7.9 to 9.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior, dark gray (10YR 4/1) exterior, dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1331
    Bt—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) exterior, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior, dry; clay; strong coarse columnar parts to weak subangular blocky parts to strong fine granular structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1332
    Bk1—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) exterior, dark gray (10YR 4/1) exterior, dry; clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to strong very fine angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; in cracks; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1333
    Bk2—66 to 89 centimeters (26.0 to 35.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) exterior, light gray (2.5Y 7/2) exterior, dry; silty clay; strong very fine angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; throughout; fine faint olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) masses of oxidized iron; carbonate nodules; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # NDSU1334
    C1g—89 to 112 centimeters (35.0 to 44.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) exterior and olive gray (5Y 5/2) exterior, pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) exterior and light gray (2.5Y 7/2) exterior, dry; silty clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; throughout; spherical gypsum masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1335
    C2g—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) exterior, light gray (2.5Y 7/1) exterior, dry; silty clay; weak medium platy parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; throughout; medium distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) masses of oxidized iron and medium distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) masses of oxidized iron; medium gypsum masses; fragments, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # NDSU1336