IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): DEMAR
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970SD019001
  • User Pedon ID: S1970SD019001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1970SD019001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2372
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37069
  • 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: 44.6916237
  • Std. Longitude: -103.8878021
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 150 feet north and 1,440 feet east of the southwest corner
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD019—Butte
  • MLRA: 61—Black Hills Foot Slopes
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SD019—Butte County, South Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. T. Miller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Ustollic Paleargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - DEMAR
  • PSC - 13 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Demar
  • Classificaton Date - 6/23/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/23/1970 (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

    ARTEM

    BOGR2

    CAREX

    PASM

    Artemisia

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Carex

    Pascopyrum smithii

    sagebrush

    blue grama

    sedge

    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

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    930

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    330

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    7.8

    20.6

    -4.4

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    A21—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; loam; weak fine platy structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18581
    A22—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loam; weak fine platy parts to weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18582
    B21t—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and brown (10YR 4/3) rubbed, moist; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A18583
    B22t—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and brown (10YR 4/3) rubbed, moist; silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A18584
    B23t—36 to 58 centimeters (14.2 to 22.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A18585
    B3cs—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3 percent fine gypsum crystal clusters; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A18586
    C1cs—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; clay; 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse platy structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; 80 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A18587. Gypsum crystals arranged in bands about 1/8 inch wide; dark gray (10YR 4/1) shale fragments.
    C2cs—102 to 124 centimeters (40.2 to 48.8 inches); gray (10YR 6/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist; clay; weak coarse platy structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; 80 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18588. Gypsum crystals arranged in bands 1/8 inch wide; numerous bands (about 1/8 inch wide) of strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) iron stainings.
    C3—124 to 170 centimeters (48.8 to 66.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist; clay; 3 percent pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) fine distinct and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium faint mottles; strong fine platy structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A18589