IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Totten
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994ND027050
  • User Pedon ID: S1994ND027050
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 96P0158
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68236
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 47.7277794
  • Std. Longitude: -98.9690857
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 149N
  • Range: 65W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 1490 feet east and 1130 feet south of NW corner
  • Location Description: Sheldon 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-F8—Brantford NW, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: ELJ, DLR, LEE, MGU, RHL.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Typic Natraquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 50
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Totten
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Typic Natraquolls
  • Classificaton Date - 10/3/1995
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/3/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 32T
  • 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    natric horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—29

    5—29

    5—29

    29—75

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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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    464

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; loam; moderate very fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots throughout and 21.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P01324
    Btn—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; loam; strong medium prismatic structure; very hard, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots between peds and 3.0 fine roots between peds; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P01325
    Btky—15 to 29 centimeters (5.9 to 11.4 inches); 50 percent black (10YR 2/1) and 50 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), 50 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) and 50 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; loam; strong very coarse prismatic, and strong coarse prismatic structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots in cracks and 3.0 fine roots in cracks; 0.5 fine moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 21 percent fine threadlike noncoherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/2) lime masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 96P01326
    Bk1—29 to 35 centimeters (11.4 to 13.8 inches); 70 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and 30 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), 70 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and 30 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse prismatic structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 1 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) lime masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P01327
    Bk2—35 to 50 centimeters (13.8 to 19.7 inches); 80 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and 20 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), 80 percent pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2) and 20 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; loam; 3 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) medium prominent irregular mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine moderate-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 75 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P01328. Masses of manganese accumulations in SL and LFS pockets.; continuous - phpvsfiid 195091; continuous - phpvsfiid 195091
    Bk3—50 to 75 centimeters (19.7 to 29.5 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2), light gray (5Y 7/2), dry; loam; 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium prominent irregular and 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine prominent irregular mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 30 percent faint dark olive gray (5Y 3/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 3 percent fine spherical extremely weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses throughout; 21 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/1) lime masses throughout; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P01329. SIL lens at the bottom of the horizon - 4 cm thick at the widest and 10 cm long.; continuous - phpvsfiid 195092; continuous - phpvsfiid 195092
    2C—75 to 81 centimeters (29.5 to 31.9 inches); 70 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and 30 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), 70 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 30 percent gray (10YR 5/1), dry; clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 10 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent medium spherical noncoherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/1) lime masses throughout; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P01330. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 195093; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 195093
    3C—81 to 130 centimeters (31.9 to 51.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; coarse sand; single grain; loose; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter shale, noncalcareous fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P01331
    4C—130 to 190 centimeters (51.2 to 74.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; coarse sand; single grain; loose; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter shale, noncalcareous fragments. Lab sample # 96P01332