IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SANSARC
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973SD117001
  • User Pedon ID: S1973SD117001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1973SD117001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2544
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37240
  • Print Date: 2/1/2025

    • 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: 44.3175011
  • Std. Longitude: -100.4272232
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 31E
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 250 feet west of east section line and 60 feet south of fence along Bad River road
  • Location Description: about 4 miles south and 3 and 1/2 miles west of Fort Pierre
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD117—Stanley
  • MLRA: 63A—Northern Rolling Pierre Shale Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SD117—Stanley County, South Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. L. B., M. S., and P. R. J.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, montmorillonitic (calcareous), mesic Typic Ustorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - SANSARC
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SANSARC
  • Classificaton Date - 3/30/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/30/1973 (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

    PASM

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Pascopyrum smithii

    blue grama

    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

    25

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    315

    432

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    10.6

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; clay; moderate very fine granular structure; hard when dry, friable; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A19925
    C1—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak very fine granular structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A19926
    C2—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; clay; massive; loose, very friable; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A19927
    C3—36 to 76 centimeters (14.2 to 29.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), light olive gray (5Y 6/2) and olive gray (5Y 5/2), dry; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A19928
    C4—76 to 152 centimeters (29.9 to 59.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A19929