IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): VALE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970SD081001
  • User Pedon ID: S1970SD081001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2503
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37199
  • Print Date: 5/7/2025

    • 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: 44.5416679
  • Std. Longitude: -103.9083328
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 170 feet west and 2,275 feet south of the northeast corner
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD081—Lawrence
  • MLRA: 61—Black Hills Foot Slopes
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SD081—Lawrence County, South Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. T. Miller and P. R. Johnson.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - VALE
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - UNNAMED
  • Classificaton Date - 6/25/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/25/1970 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    1

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    1049

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    432

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    7.8

    20.6

    -4.4

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    Ap1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; very hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19647
    Ap2—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A19648
    B21t—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) rubbed, moist; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) worm casts; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19649. patchy - phpvsfiid 185720; patchy - phpvsfiid 185720
    B22t—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/3) and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) rubbed, moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A19650. patchy - phpvsfiid 185721; patchy - phpvsfiid 185721
    B31ca—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very friable; 10 percent carbonate coats on rock fragments; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A19651
    B32ca—71 to 97 centimeters (28.0 to 38.2 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; very fine sandy loam; 1 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) faint mottles; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very friable; 1 percent fine lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A19652
    C1ca—97 to 124 centimeters (38.2 to 48.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; very fine sandy loam; massive; very hard, very friable; 3 percent fine carbonate threads and 3 percent fine lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A19653
    IIC2ca—124 to 160 centimeters (48.8 to 63.0 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; stratified loamy sand to very fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 10 percent carbonate coats on rock fragments; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 40A19654