IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Appam
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991ND105305
  • User Pedon ID: S1991ND105305
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0834
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63872
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024

    • 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: 48.4152374
  • Std. Longitude: -103.5939484
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 157N
  • Range: 100W
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 2060 feet E and 380 feet S of NW corner
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND105—Williams
  • MLRA: 53A—Northern Dark Brown Glaciated Plains

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, frigid Typic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 305
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Appam
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1991
  • Classifier - Kyle Thomson
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: glaciofluvial deposits
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: rise
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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
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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 2 percent by volume 2-45-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P05066. few fine and medium roots; many very fine roots
    B w—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; coarse sandy loam; moderate medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 2-45-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P05067. few fine roots; common very fine roots
    B k—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; coarse sandy loam; moderate medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5 percent by volume 2-45-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P05068. common very fine roots; effervescence is discontinuous
    2B k—48 to 76 centimeters (18.9 to 29.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravelly loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 25 percent by volume 2-45-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P05069. few very fine roots; effervescence is discontinuous
    2C—76 to 152 centimeters (29.9 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 20 percent by volume 2-45-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 91P05070. effervescence is discontinuous