IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sen
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994ND007027
  • User Pedon ID: S1994ND007027
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0282
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67300
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 46.8358345
  • Std. Longitude: -103.3455582
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 139N
  • Range: 100W
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: 2100 feet West and 1200 feet North of the Southeast corner
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND007—Billings
  • MLRA: 54—Rolling Soft Shale Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND007—Billings County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: MU, FA, TC, DS, AG
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 27
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sen
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Typic Haploborolls
  • PSC - 25 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/24/1994
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: plain
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: s sandstone and siltstone
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/24/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 60
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    paralithic contact

    0—14

    14—26

    91—0

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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

    4

    205

    160

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    Ap1—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 7.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P02193. Carbonates deposited by erosion from top of rise.
    Ap2—9 to 14 centimeters (3.5 to 5.5 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P02194; moist when described;
    Bw—14 to 26 centimeters (5.5 to 10.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P02195; moist when described;
    Bk1—26 to 38 centimeters (10.2 to 15.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) interior, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) interior, dry; silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 4.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent medium spherical lime masses throughout; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02196; moist when described;
    Bk2—38 to 59 centimeters (15.0 to 23.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) interior, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) interior, dry; silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 4.0 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 25 percent medium irregular lime masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02197; moist when described;. Texture is bordering on loam.
    BCk—59 to 91 centimeters (23.2 to 35.8 inches); black (2.5Y 2/1) interior, very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) interior, dry; silty clay loam; 10 percent red (2.5YR 5/8) medium and coarse prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent fine noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 4/6) iron concretions throughout; 30 percent medium irregular lime masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02198; moist when described;. Mottles are relict.
    Cr1—91 to 103 centimeters (35.8 to 40.6 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) interior, light gray (5Y 7/2) interior, dry; silt loam; 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) coarse prominent mottles; massive; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots in cracks; 0.5 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent medium threadlike lime masses in cracks; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02199; moist when described;. Mottles are relict.
    Cr2—103 to 117 centimeters (40.6 to 46.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) interior, light gray (5Y 7/2) interior, dry; loamy fine sand; 4 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine and medium prominent mottles; massive; nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02200; moist when described;
    Cr3—117 to 209 centimeters (46.1 to 82.3 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) interior, light gray (5Y 7/2) interior, dry; silty clay loam; 10 percent gray (5Y 5/1) fine faint and 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse prominent mottles; massive; moderately sticky, very plastic; 2.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; fine spherical throughout and 5 percent medium threadlike lime masses in cracks; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 95P02201; moist when described;. Mottles are relict. The clay in upper horizon may be Kaolinitic.