IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Walum
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994ND027001
  • User Pedon ID: S1994ND027001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1994ND027001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0287
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67305
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 47.7285271
  • Std. Longitude: -98.8797226
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 149N
  • Range: 64W
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 2340 feet E and 735 feet S, NW corner
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND027—Eddy
  • MLRA: 55B—Central Black Glaciated Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND027—Eddy County, North Dakota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47098-F8—Brantford NW, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C J Heidt, M G Ulmer, W Broderson, E L Jensen, D L Reeves
  • 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 #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Walum
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed Oxyaquic Haploborolls
  • PSC - 65 to 258 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/21/1994
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/21/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 39
  • Microrelief Elevation: 0
  • Plant Association Name: Sandy Range Site
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - other
  • 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

    BRIN2

    Bromus inermis

    smooth brome

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

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—23

    23—59

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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

    0

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    465

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    Ap1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) crushed, very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 15.0 very fine roots and 2.0 medium roots throughout; 0.1 very fine low-continuity tubular and 5.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02231; moist when described;. Bulk density samples
    Ap2—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) crushed, very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine low-continuity tubular and 1.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P02232; moist when described;. Bulk density samples
    Bw1—23 to 35 centimeters (9.1 to 13.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) interior, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry; loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine low-continuity tubular and 2.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 70 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments and 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter shale, noncalcareous fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02233; moist when described;. Bulk density samples, DOT sample, rock fragments range up to 5 mm in size, % rock fragments estimated; continuous - phpvsfiid 183532; continuous - phpvsfiid 183532
    2Bw2—35 to 46 centimeters (13.8 to 18.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) interior, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry; sandy loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine low-continuity tubular and 1.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 40 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 2 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron and 2 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments and 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter shale, noncalcareous fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P02234; dry when described;. Bulk density samples, shale fragments flat (1 mm high by 10 mm across), % rock fragments estimated; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183533; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183533
    2Bw3—46 to 59 centimeters (18.1 to 23.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) interior, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry; gravelly loamy coarse sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 15.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine low-continuity tubular and 1.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter shale, noncalcareous fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02235; dry when described;. Horizon may be a 2Bw due to shale and may be contaminated due to carbonate mixing, shale fragments flat (1 mm high by 10 mm across), % rock fragments estimated
    2Bk—59 to 80 centimeters (23.2 to 31.5 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) interior, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots in cracks; 2.0 very fine low-continuity tubular and 0.5 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) iron-manganese masses throughout; 5 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/2) lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear broken boundary. Lab sample # 95P02236; dry when described;. Bulk density samples
    2C1—80 to 116 centimeters (31.5 to 45.7 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 4.0 very fine roots throughout; 2 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments and 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter shale, noncalcareous fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P02237; dry when described;. Stratified, bedded (inner and cross w/ shale and granitic gravels and cos's 5-15 cm thick), rock fragments range up to 5 mm in size, % rock fragments estimated
    2C2—116 to 153 centimeters (45.7 to 60.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3), dry; gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 15 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented dark red (2.5YR 3/6) masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter shale, noncalcareous fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02238; dry when described;. DOT sample, stratified, bedded (inner and cross w/ shale and granitic cos's), granitic up to 10 mm and shale up to 20 mm in size, % rock fragments estimated
    2C3—153 to 205 centimeters (60.2 to 80.7 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; coarse sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented dark red (2.5YR 3/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 2 percent fine spherical noncoherent cemented black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses and 10 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent coarse irregular noncoherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/2) lime masses; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments and 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter shale, noncalcareous fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 95P02239; dry when described;. Rock fragments range up to 10 mm in size, stratified per amount of gravel but generally gravel content is <15%, soft masses of lime has mineral material throughout, % rock fragments estimated