IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Maltese
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993ND007026
  • User Pedon ID: S1993ND007026
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1993ND007026
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0192
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66380
  • 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: 46.7425003
  • Std. Longitude: -103.4150009
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 138N
  • Range: 101W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: About 1300 feet east and 1150 feet south of the northwest corner
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND007—Billings
  • MLRA: 58C—Northern Rolling High Plains, Northeastern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND007—Billings County, North Dakota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46103-F4—Cliffs Plateau, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: T. Champa, A. Gulsvig, M. Ulmer, C. Heidt, F. Aziz, B. Broderson
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 26
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Maltese
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic Aridic Natriborolls
  • PSC - 25 to 69 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/5/1993
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Slope Position: depression
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/5/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 65
  • Microrelief Kind: microdepression
  • Microrelief Elevation: 13
  • 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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACHNA

    Achnatherum

    needlegrass

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    natric horizon

    0—46

    23—102

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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

    3

    110

    10.4

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 7.0 very fine roots throughout; 7.0 very fine continuous tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01179
    E—5 to 23 centimeters (2.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; moderate fine platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 6.0 very fine continuous tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01180
    Btn—23 to 48 centimeters (9.1 to 18.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; strong coarse columnar parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 4.0 very fine roots between peds; 6.0 very fine continuous tubular pores; 4 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on lower surfaces of peds or rocks and 90 percent prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry, silt coats on tops of soil columns; fragments; noneffervescent; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 94P01181. continuous - phpvsfiid 183530; patchy - phpvsfiid 195180; continuous - phpvsfiid 183530; patchy - phpvsfiid 195180
    Btnk—48 to 79 centimeters (18.9 to 31.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) broken face, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face, dry; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine continuous tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01182
    Btny—79 to 104 centimeters (31.1 to 40.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) broken face, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face, dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine continuous tubular pores; 2 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry, clay films on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 1 percent medium irregular yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron between peds and 2 percent very coarse and extremely coarse spherical yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 5 percent medium irregular gypsum masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01183. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183531; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183531
    BCy—104 to 127 centimeters (40.9 to 50.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) broken face, light olive gray (5Y 6/2) broken face, dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine continuous tubular pores; 1 percent fine irregular brown (7.5YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron between peds and 2 percent very coarse and extremely coarse cylindrical yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 2 percent fine and medium irregular gypsum masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01184
    Cr1—127 to 193 centimeters (50.0 to 76.0 inches); 50 percent olive (5Y 5/3) broken face and 50 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) broken face, broken face, dry; silty clay loam; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 94P01185