IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vallers

OSD

Series Extent

Local Phase: saline

User Site ID: S1983ND019228

User Pedon ID: S1983ND019228

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - NDSU

Lab Pedon # - 83ND019228

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71298

User Project ID: NC-BIS 2021-1-002

Project Name: MLRA 55A - Investigation of the Red River Lobe and Map Unit Recorrelation

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: 48.6050000

Std. Longitude: -98.0627778

Datum: WGS84

Township: 159N.

Range: 58W.

Section: 12

PLSS Details: 1,500 feet north and 1,475 feet west of the SE corner

Location Description: About 1.5 miles southwest of Milton, ND.

Country: US—United States

State: North Dakota

County: ND019—Cavalier

MLRA: 55A—Northern Black Glaciated Plains

MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-DVL—Devils Lake, North Dakota

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND019—Cavalier County, North Dakota

PEDON

Describers Name: D. Moos

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Calciaquolls

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name

Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Vallers

PSC - 25 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 8/2/2018

Classifier - Alan R. Gulsvig

Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition

Moisture Class - aquic

Moisture Subclass - typic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Vallers

Classificaton Date - 10/11/1983

Classifier - D. Moos

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 1

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: yes

QC Status: level 3

SITE

Parent Material: fine-loamy till

Landscape: till plain

Landform: ground moraine

Geomorphic Component Flats: dip

Slope Shape Down: linear

Runoff: negligible

Drainage Class: poorly

Ponding: rare ponding

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 6/1/1983 (actual site observation date)

Data Collector: D. Moos

Air Photo ID: 119

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Site Erosion Accelerated: wind erosion

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
mollic epipedon free carbonates calcic horizon redox concentrations redox depletions with chroma 2 or less	0—20 20—152 20—97 20—152 53—135	—20— —132— —77— —132— —82—

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
0	—	—	—	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few very fine roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described;

Bky—20 to 53 centimeters (7.9 to 20.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; few very fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent medium distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; carbonate, finely disseminated and 21 percent medium gypsum crystals, unspecified; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described;

BCky—53 to 97 centimeters (20.9 to 38.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent fine prominent red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses and 3 percent medium faint gray (10YR 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 21 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; carbonate, finely disseminated and 1 percent coarse gypsum masses; 10 percent by volume flat very angular very weakly coherent cemented 2-20-40 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described;

C1—97 to 135 centimeters (38.2 to 53.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; channery loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent fine prominent red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses and 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent medium prominent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; 20 percent by volume flat very angular very weakly coherent cemented 2-20-40 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described;

C2—135 to 152 centimeters (53.1 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent fine prominent red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses and 1 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume flat very angular very weakly coherent cemented 2-20-40 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n.; moist when described;. thin layers of loamy snd