IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lohler
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994ND053445
  • User Pedon ID: S1994ND053445
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0284
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67302
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 47.8488884
  • Std. Longitude: -103.9952774
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 151N
  • Range: 104W
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 320 feet N and 1360 feet W of the SE corner
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND053—McKenzie
  • MLRA: 54—Rolling Soft Shale Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND053—McKenzie County, North Dakota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47103-G8—Cartwright, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M.G. Ulmer, D.G. Sprankle, and F.P. Aziz
  • 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 #: 445
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lohler
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, montmorillonitic (calcareous) Fluvents
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/25/1994
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: frequent flooding begining in apr
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/25/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 62
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind and water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    0—18

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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

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    575

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) crushed, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) crushed, dry; silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P02210
    BC—15 to 31 centimeters (5.9 to 12.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) crushed, olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) crushed, dry; silty clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P02211. Highway sample.
    C1—31 to 36 centimeters (12.2 to 14.2 inches); 85 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) crushed, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) crushed, dry; silt loam; 5 percent 2.5Y 4/ (2.5Y 4/ fine distinct irregular and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent irregular mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P02212
    C2—36 to 62 centimeters (14.2 to 24.4 inches); 95 percent very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) crushed, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) crushed, dry; silty clay; 5 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent irregular mottles; massive; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine roots; 2 percent fine spherical lime masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P02213. Lens about 10-25 mm thick of material similar to C1.
    C3—62 to 73 centimeters (24.4 to 28.7 inches); 75 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) crushed, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) crushed, dry; loam; 10 percent olive gray (5Y 4/2) fine and medium irregular and 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine and medium irregular mottles; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine spherical lime masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P02214
    C4—73 to 90 centimeters (28.7 to 35.4 inches); 60 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) crushed and 20 percent dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) crushed, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) crushed and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) crushed, dry; silty clay; 20 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine and medium irregular mottles; massive; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.4 very fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine spherical lime masses throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P02215
    C5—90 to 175 centimeters (35.4 to 68.9 inches); 85 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) exterior, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) crushed, dry; silty clay; 5 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine and medium irregular and 10 percent gray (5Y 5/1) fine and medium irregular mottles; massive; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 10 percent prominent olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist, pressure faces throughout; 1 percent fine spherical lime masses throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P02216. At top of horizon strata 30-50 mm thick of silt loam of coarse threads and irregular-shaped organic concentrations throughout. Highway engineering sample.; patchy - phpvsfiid 194531; patchy - phpvsfiid 194531
    C6—175 to 203 centimeters (68.9 to 79.9 inches); 70 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) crushed, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) crushed, dry; silty clay loam; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine and medium irregular and 20 percent gray (5Y 5/1) medium irregular mottles; massive; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 95P02217