IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Verendrye
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984ND049167
  • User Pedon ID: S1984ND049167
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 84ND049167
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72248
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 48.3669444
  • Std. Longitude: -100.4569444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 900 feet west and 1,500 feet south of the northeast corner of Sec. 5, T. 156 N., R. 76 W.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND049—McHenry
  • MLRA: 55A—Northern Black Glaciated Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND049—McHenry County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: RM, SS, JM, SE, DDP, DH, MS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, frigid Typic Calciaquolls
  • 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 - Verendrye
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/14/2018
  • Classifier - Alan R. Gulsvig
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Verendrye
  • Classificaton Date - 8/16/1984
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Slope Position: depression
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/16/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 53
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - wetlands
  • 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

    mottles with chroma 2 or less

    reduced matrix

    0—25

    25—152

    46—152

    —25—

    —127—

    —106—
    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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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; coarse sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.1 medium roots throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1211; moist when described;
    Ak—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; loamy coarse sand; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.1 medium roots throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1212; moist when described;
    ABk—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; coarse sand; 25 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1213; moist when described;. ABk = this horizon has a 1 1/2 inch grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) stratum.
    Cg—46 to 76 centimeters (18.1 to 29.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; coarse sand; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) coarse prominent mottles; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1214; moist when described;. Cg = 1 inch thick pebble line at top of horizon.
    Agb—76 to 81 centimeters (29.9 to 31.9 inches); black (N 2/0), dark gray (N 4/0), dry; coarse sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1215; moist when described;
    C'g—81 to 152 centimeters (31.9 to 59.8 inches); gray (5Y 5/1), light gray (5Y 7/1), dry; coarse sand; 1 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine prominent and 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) coarse prominent and 10 percent dark greenish gray (5GY 4/1) coarse distinct mottles; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # NDSU1216; wet when described;