IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bottineau
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978ND009104
  • User Pedon ID: S1978ND009104
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 78ND009104
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 78ND009104
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71654
  • Print Date: 4/29/2025

    • 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: 48.8972222
  • Std. Longitude: -100.4461111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 163N.
  • Range: 76W.
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 1500 feet north and 225 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Location Description:
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND009—Bottineau
  • MLRA: 55A—Northern Black Glaciated Plains
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-DVL—Devils Lake, North Dakota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND009—Bottineau County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: GM, FS, JT, DP, SS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, superactive, frigid Calcic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bottineau
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/21/2015
  • Classifier - Alan R. Gulsvig
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bottineau
  • Classificaton Date - 7/31/1978
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-loamy till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: moraine
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/31/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Paterson, Thiele, Schroer, Muckel
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other shrub cover
  • 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

    FRAXI

    Fraxinus

    ash

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    5—28

    28—64

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    —36—
    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

    12

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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dry; slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary.; dry when described;. The Oi is made up of undecomposed organic litter.
    A—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; clay loam; 31 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; many very fine to medium roots and common coarse roots; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1035; dry when described;. Clay percentage is from KSSL lab data.
    Bt1—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; clay loam; 36 percent clay; strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; many very fine to medium roots; 35 percent , dry, sand coats on faces of peds and 65 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1036; dry when described;. Clay percentage is from KSSL lab data.; continuous - phpvsfiid 91562; continuous - phpvsfiid 91562
    Bt2—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; clay loam; 34 percent clay; 2 percent carbonate clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; few very fine and fine roots; 65 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1037; dry when described;. Clay and carbonate clay percentages are from KSSL lab data.; continuous - phpvsfiid 91399; continuous - phpvsfiid 91399
    Btk—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; clay loam; 31 percent clay; 4 percent carbonate clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine and fine roots; carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks and 30 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1038; moist when described;. Clay and carbonate clay percentages are from KSSL lab data.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 91400; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 91400
    BCk—36 to 64 centimeters (14.2 to 25.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) crushed, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; clay loam; 30 percent clay; 6 percent carbonate clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few fine and medium roots; carbonate coats on rock fragments; 10 percent medium spherical noncoherent cemented carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1039; moist when described;. Lime completely coats coarse fragments in the C1.; Clay and carbonate clay percentages are from KSSL lab data.
    C—64 to 152 centimeters (25.2 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and dark gray (5Y 4/1), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; clay loam; 30 percent clay; 4 percent carbonate clay; 1 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) fine prominent mottles; massive; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; few fine and medium roots; 1 percent fine prominent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent medium spherical noncoherent cemented carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # NDSU1041, NDSU1040; moist when described;. Common medium rounded soft masses and filaments or threads of lime in the C2. Vertical fracture planes extending through this horizon with root matting and lime coatings in the C2.; Clay and carbonate clay percentages are from KSSL lab data.