IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Colvin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983ND019231
  • User Pedon ID: S1983ND019231
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 83ND019231
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70797
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 48.7733333
  • Std. Longitude: -98.4552778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 161N.
  • Range: 60W.
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 900 feet south and 625 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND019—Cavalier
  • MLRA: 55A—Northern Black Glaciated Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND019—Cavalier County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Moos
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Calciaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Colvin
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1984
  • Classifier - D. Moos
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Vallers
  • Classificaton Date - 10/18/1983
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • QC Status: level 3


    • SITE

  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: flat
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/18/1983 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 67
  • 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

    calcic horizon

    mottles with chroma 2 or less

    0—20

    20—84

    20—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

    1

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    270

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1163; moist when described;
    Bk1—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) exterior and gray (10YR 5/1) crushed, gray (10YR 6/1) crushed, dry; clay loam; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) medium and coarse prominent and 10 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) coarse prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; 1 percent medium irregular lime masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1164; moist when described;. Bk1 = Tongues of 10YR 2/1 extend to 16 inches.
    Bk2—43 to 84 centimeters (16.9 to 33.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silt loam; 1 percent gray (10YR 5/1) medium distinct and 10 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent medium irregular lime masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear broken boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1165; moist when described;
    C—84 to 152 centimeters (33.1 to 59.8 inches); olive (5Y 5/3), pale yellow (5Y 7/3), dry; silty clay loam; 10 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine prominent and 25 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) medium and coarse prominent mottles; massive; very hard, firm; 1 percent coarse irregular lime masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # NDSU1166; wet when described;