IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Buska
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976SD081003
  • User Pedon ID: S1976SD081003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1976SD081003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2527
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37223
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 44.1622238
  • Std. Longitude: -103.7316666
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 630 feet east and 2,600 feet south of the NW corner
  • Location Description: About 2 miles east and 13 miles south of the Lead.
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD081—Lawrence
  • MLRA: 62—Black Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SD081—Lawrence County, South Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Larry D. Zavesky
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, micaceous, frigid Typic Eutroboralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Buska
  • PSC - 58 to 99 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Buska
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: mountain slope
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1976 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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

    BETUL

    Betula

    birch

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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

    6

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    559

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    4.4

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    O1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A19816. Forest litter and partially decayed litter.
    A1—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; loam; weak thin platy structure; soft, very friable; 21.0 fine to coarse roots; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A19817
    A2—10 to 41 centimeters (3.9 to 16.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; 21.0 fine to coarse roots; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A19818
    B2t/A2—41 to 63 centimeters (16.1 to 24.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loam; fragments. Lab sample # 40A19819
    B2t/A2—63 to 63 centimeters (24.8 to 24.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; channery loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A19819
    B21t—63 to 89 centimeters (24.8 to 35.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; channery clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A19820
    B22t—89 to 104 centimeters (35.0 to 40.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry; channery clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A19821
    C—104 to 185 centimeters (40.9 to 72.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; very channery loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots in cracks; carbonate coats on rock fragments; 80 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A19822. continuous - phpvsfiid 185732; continuous - phpvsfiid 185732