IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bottineau
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978ND009105
  • User Pedon ID: S1978ND009105
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 78ND009105
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 78ND009105
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69443
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 48.9308333
  • Std. Longitude: -100.3216667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 163N.
  • Range: 76W.
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 2160 feet south and 2390 feet west of the northwest corner
  • 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: end moraine
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/31/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    cambic horizon

    3—36

    36—56

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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

    12

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dry; slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. The Oi horizon is made up of undecomposed leaves and twigs. Dry to 11 inches, moist below
    A—3 to 20 centimeters (1.2 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; clay loam; 27 percent clay; weak fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; many very fine to medium roots; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1042. Dry to 11 inches, moist below; Clay percentage is from KSSL lab data.
    Bt1—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; clay loam; 27 percent clay; moderate very fine and fine angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; common very fine to medium roots; distinct clay films on faces of peds and 25 percent sand coats on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1043. Dry to 11 inches, moist below. Upper half of the Bt1 is moist, lower half is dry. I put it all in with the moist; Clay percentage is from KSSL lab data.; continuous - phpvsfiid 91402; continuous - phpvsfiid 91402
    Bt2—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; common very fine to medium roots; 25 percent sand coats on faces of peds and 60 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1044. Clay percentage is from KSSL lab data.; continuous - phpvsfiid 91404; continuous - phpvsfiid 91404
    Bk—56 to 86 centimeters (22.0 to 33.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; clay loam; 31 percent clay; 10 percent carbonate clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; common very fine and fine roots; 10 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; ; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1045. Clay and carbonate clay percentages are from KSSL lab data.; patchy - phpvsfiid 91406; patchy - phpvsfiid 91406
    BCk—86 to 122 centimeters (33.9 to 48.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; clay loam; 27 percent clay; 6 percent carbonate clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent and 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; few very fine and fine roots; 1 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), dry, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 25 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1046. Clay and carbonate clay percentages are from KSSL lab data.
    C—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; clay loam; 28 percent clay; 5 percent carbonate clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent and 10 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine prominent mottles; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; few very fine and fine roots; 1 percent fine prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), dry, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 25 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # NDSU1047. Clay and carbonate clay percentages are from KSSL lab data.