IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rhoades
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992ND089005
  • User Pedon ID: S1992ND089005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992ND089005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0304
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65647
  • Print Date: 9/23/2024

    • 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: 46.7388496
  • Std. Longitude: -102.7588959
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 138N
  • Range: 96W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 2575 feet south and 2550 feet east 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: C. J. Heidt M. Ulmer
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rhoades
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine Leptic Natriborolls
  • PSC - 5 to 55 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/22/1992
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/22/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 44
  • 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
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    E—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light gray (10YR 7/1), dry; loam; moderate fine platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 7.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium and coarse roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P02420
    Btn—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic, and strong fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 6.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine to coarse roots; 60 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P02421. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 195176; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 195176
    Btnk—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 25 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P02422. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 195177; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 195177
    Bk1—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; silty clay; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine roots; 1 percent fine gypsum crystal clusters and 10 percent fine and medium irregular lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P02423
    Bk2—53 to 102 centimeters (20.9 to 40.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine roots; 1 percent fine gypsum crystal clusters and 10 percent fine and medium irregular lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P02424
    CBy—102 to 124 centimeters (40.2 to 48.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine roots; 15 percent coarse gypsum crystal clusters; fragments; slight effervescence; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 93P02425
    2C1—124 to 157 centimeters (48.8 to 61.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; silty clay; massive; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 25 percent fine and medium gypsum crystal clusters and 25 percent fine and medium gypsum threads; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P02426
    2C2—157 to 203 centimeters (61.8 to 79.9 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 8/3), dry; silt loam; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1 percent medium gypsum crystal clusters; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 93P02427