IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lefor
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992ND089002
  • User Pedon ID: S1992ND089002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992ND089002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0301
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65644
  • 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: 46.7435684
  • Std. Longitude: -102.7600098
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 138N
  • Range: 96W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 2300 feet east and 800 feet south of the NW corner
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND089—Stark
  • MLRA: 54—Rolling Soft Shale Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND089—Stark County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Darrell VanderBusch
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lefor
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Argiborolls
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/21/1992
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: sedimentary, unspecified
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/21/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Elevation: 0
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BOGR2

    BOGR2

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Bouteloua gracilis

    blue grama

    blue grama

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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

    7

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    45

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 8.0 very fine roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P02397
    E—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; sandy loam; moderate coarse platy, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P02398
    BE—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sandy loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse platy structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P02399
    Bt1—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; sandy loam; strong coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; clay films; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P02400
    Bt2—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; sandy clay loam; strong coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; clay films; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P02401
    Bw—66 to 79 centimeters (26.0 to 31.1 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/4), pale yellow (5Y 7/4), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P02402
    BCk—79 to 127 centimeters (31.1 to 50.0 inches); pale yellow (5Y 7/3), pale yellow (5Y 8/3), dry; sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine irregular lime masses and 1 percent fine gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P02403
    Cr—127 to 157 centimeters (50.0 to 61.8 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3), pale yellow (5Y 7/3), dry; sandy clay loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments. Lab sample # 93P02404
    Cr2—157 to 241 centimeters (61.8 to 94.9 inches); pale yellow (5Y 7/4), pale yellow (5Y 7/4), dry; sandy clay loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments. Lab sample # 93P02405