IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Higgins
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970SD081002
  • User Pedon ID: S1970SD081002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1970SD081002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2537
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37233
  • Print Date: 4/23/2025

    • 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: 44.5633316
  • Std. Longitude: -104.0002747
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 2400 feet west and 750 feet north of the SE corner
  • Location Description: about 7 miles west and 4 miles north of Spearfish.
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD081—Lawrence
  • MLRA: 61—Black Hills Foot Slopes
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SD081—Lawrence County, South Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, gypsic, mesic Typic Halaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Higgins
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - HIGGINS
  • Classificaton Date - 12/16/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/16/1970 (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

    ANGE

    DISP

    SPGR

    Andropogon gerardii

    Distichlis spicata

    Spartina gracilis

    big bluestem

    saltgrass

    alkali cordgrass

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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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    432

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    8.3

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and dark gray (10YR 4/1) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light gray (10YR 7/1), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19884
    C1—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/1), dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A19885
    C2—23 to 63 centimeters (9.1 to 24.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and light gray (10YR 7/2), white (10YR 8/1) and light gray (10YR 7/1), dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A19886
    C3—63 to 165 centimeters (24.8 to 65.0 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), white (10YR 8/1) and light gray (10YR 7/1), dry; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 0.1 roots; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A19887