IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): WHITELAKE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1971SD123002
  • User Pedon ID: S1971SD123002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1971SD123002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2513
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37209
  • 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: 43.2166672
  • Std. Longitude: -100.0863876
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 97N
  • Range: 78W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 215 feet east and 1410 feet north of SW corner
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD123—Tripp
  • MLRA: 63A—Northern Rolling Pierre Shale Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SD123—Tripp County, South Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: P.R. Johnson and R. F. Springer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Natrustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - WHITELAKE
  • PSC - 34 to 61 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - WHITELAKE
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1971
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1971 (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

    CAREX

    DISP

    PASM

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Carex

    Distichlis spicata

    Pascopyrum smithii

    blue grama

    sedge

    saltgrass

    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

    1

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    508

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    8.9

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    A11—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19732
    A12—13 to 27 centimeters (5.1 to 10.6 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19733
    A2—27 to 34 centimeters (10.6 to 13.4 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loamy fine sand; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19734
    B21T—34 to 48 centimeters (13.4 to 18.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy clay loam; strong very coarse columnar structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19735
    B22T—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; fine sandy loam; 3 percent gray (10YR 6/1) medium faint and 3 percent gray (10YR 5/1) medium faint mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.5, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19736
    B3—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; fine sandy loam; 3 percent gray (10YR 6/1) medium faint and 3 percent gray (10YR 5/1) medium faint mottles; weak very coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very friable; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A19737
    C1CA—84 to 105 centimeters (33.1 to 41.3 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; loamy sand; 3 percent gray (10YR 6/1) medium faint and 3 percent gray (10YR 5/1) medium faint mottles; massive; very hard, very friable; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.5, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A19738
    C2—105 to 178 centimeters (41.3 to 70.1 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; loamy sand; massive; very hard, very friable; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A19739