IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kensal
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994ND027002
  • User Pedon ID: S1994ND027002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0286
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67304
  • 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: 47.7664719
  • Std. Longitude: -98.9549408
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 150N
  • Range: 65W
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 300 feet W and 2430 feet N, SE corner
  • Location Description: Bush Twp.
  • 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-G8—Tokio SW, 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: 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 - Kensal
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed Oxyaquic Haploborolls
  • Classificaton Date - 9/22/1994
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 58.42 cm of Depth to sand


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/22/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 26
  • Plant Association Name: Shallow to Gravel range site
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—22

    22—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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    467

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    Ap—0 to 22 centimeters (0.0 to 8.7 inches); black (10YR 2/1) crushed, very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 6.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots throughout; 1.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02223; moist when described;. Bulk density samples
    Bw1—22 to 35 centimeters (8.7 to 13.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) interior, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry; loam; moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 4.0 very fine roots between peds; 4.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 70 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 1 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) 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; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P02224; moist when described;. Bulk density samples, shale fragments mostly 2 mm high and 10 mm across, % rock fragments estimated; continuous - phpvsfiid 183534; continuous - phpvsfiid 183534
    Bw2—35 to 59 centimeters (13.8 to 23.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; sandy loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 4.0 very fine roots between peds; 2.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 30 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on vertical faces of peds; 2 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter shale, noncalcareous fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02225; dry when described;. Bulk density samples, DOT sample, shale fragments about 3 mm high and 20 mm across, % rock fragments estimated; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183535; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183535
    2BC—59 to 75 centimeters (23.2 to 29.5 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 20 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter shale, noncalcareous fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02226; dry when described;. shale fragments about 3 mm high and 25 mm across, % rock fragments estimated
    2C1—75 to 92 centimeters (29.5 to 36.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; coarse sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.9 very fine roots throughout; 10 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 10 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/2) carbonate threads and 5 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/2) lime masses; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter shale, noncalcareous fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02227; dry when described;. stratified sands, % rock fragments estimated
    2C2—92 to 113 centimeters (36.2 to 44.5 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; coarse sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 10 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/2) lime masses; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments and 7 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter shale, noncalcareous fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02228; dry when described;. shale fragments up to 5 mm high and 25 mm across, stratified sand and gravel, % rock fragments estimated
    2C3—113 to 138 centimeters (44.5 to 54.3 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2 percent fine and medium irregular noncoherent cemented black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses at top of horizon and 7 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 5 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/2) carbonate threads throughout; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter shale, noncalcareous fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02229; dry when described;. stratified sands, % rock fragments estimated
    2C4—138 to 190 centimeters (54.3 to 74.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; very gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter shale, noncalcareous fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 95P02230; moist when described;. DOT sample, stratified sand & gravel, shale to 3"""""""""""""""" up to 5 mm high & 25 mm across, % rock fragments estimated