IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Galchutt
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979ND017006
  • User Pedon ID: S1979ND017006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 79ND017006
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72706
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 47.0361111
  • Std. Longitude: -97.2077778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 141 N
  • Range: 52 W
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 2,558 feet west and 423 feet south of the NE corner
  • Location Description: 2,558 feet west and 423 feet south of the NE corner of sec. 24, T. 141 N., R. 52 W.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND017—Cass
  • MLRA: 56—Red River Valley of the North
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND017—Cass County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: NL, FA, WT, GM, RH, HO, DP
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Vertic Argialbolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Galchutt
  • Classificaton Date - 8/19/2015
  • Classifier - kaa
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Galchutt
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1979
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty glaciolacustrine deposits over clayey glaciolacustrine deposits
  • Landform: glacial lake (relict)
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/4/1979 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    albic horizon

    argillic horizon

    abrupt textural change

    0—43

    43—64

    64—79

    64—152

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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

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    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; sandy clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1412; moist when described;
    E1—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; weak prismatic parts to weak and moderate subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1413; moist when described;
    E2—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and light gray (10YR 7/1), dry; very fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak thin platy structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1414; moist when described;
    2Bt—64 to 79 centimeters (25.2 to 31.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), olive gray (5Y 5/2), dry; clay; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak and moderate fine angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1415; moist when described;
    2BC—79 to 119 centimeters (31.1 to 46.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; clay; angular blocky structure; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1416; moist when described;
    2C—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; clay; massive; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 30 percent slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # NDSU1417; moist when described;