IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hecla
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978ND035002
  • User Pedon ID: S1978ND035002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 78ND035002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71503
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 151
  • Range: 54
  • Section: 28
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND035—Grand Forks
  • MLRA: 56—Red River Valley of the North
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND035—Grand Forks County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, frigid Oxyaquic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hecla
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/7/2011
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hecla
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, frigid Oxyaquic Hapludolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/7/2011
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy glaciofluvial deposits
  • Landform: beach plain
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/7/2011 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    0—20

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    Setting and Climate
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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; sandy loam; moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU2268
    Ac—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; sandy loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU2269
    C1—43 to 94 centimeters (16.9 to 37.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU2270
    C2—94 to 147 centimeters (37.0 to 57.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; sand; single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume mixed fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU2271
    C3—147 to 152 centimeters (57.9 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 35 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # NDSU2272