IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Aberdeen
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974SD013002
  • User Pedon ID: S1974SD013002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2514
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37210
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • 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: 45.4008331
  • Std. Longitude: -98.4150009
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 122N
  • Range: 63W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 580 feet west and 93 feet south of NE corner
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD013—Brown
  • MLRA: 55B—Central Black Glaciated Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SD013—Brown County, South Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. D. Zavesky
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Glossic Natrudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Aberdeen (flagged as OSD)
  • Classificaton Date - 4/21/2014
  • Classifier - Keith Anderson
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Aberdeen
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1974 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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
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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19740
    B/A—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and gray (10YR 6/1), dry, silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19741. continuous - phpvsfiid 1341273; continuous - phpvsfiid 1341274; continuous - phpvsfiid 1341273; continuous - phpvsfiid 1341274
    B/A—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A19741
    B21t—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A19742. Shiny films on faces of peds.
    B22t—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A19743. Shiny films on faces of peds.
    B31cacs—66 to 79 centimeters (26.0 to 31.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1 percent fine salt masses and 3 percent fine gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A19744. Much disseminated lime.
    B32cs—79 to 97 centimeters (31.1 to 38.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3 percent fine gypsum crystals, unspecified and 1 percent fine salt masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A19745
    C1cs—97 to 130 centimeters (38.2 to 51.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint and 1 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine distinct mottles; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent fine gypsum threads and 1 percent fine gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A19746
    C2—130 to 178 centimeters (51.2 to 70.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), dry; silt loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 3 percent pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A19747