IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Scorio
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994ND053458
  • User Pedon ID: S1994ND053458
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 96P0156
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68234
  • 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: 47.8922234
  • Std. Longitude: -103.9911118
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 151N
  • Range: 104W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 220 feet north and 290 feet west of 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-H8—Buford, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: TS, CJH, MGU, FPA, DGS.
  • 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 #: 458
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Scorio
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey over loamy, montmorillonitic (calcareous) Vertic Ustifluvents
  • PSC - 10 to 40 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/24/1995
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: meander belt
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/24/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 50
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    0

    950

    660

    575

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    135

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    Ap1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face, dry; silty clay; moderate medium angular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P01309; moist when described;
    Ap2—18 to 32 centimeters (7.1 to 12.6 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face, dry; silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2.0 medium moderate-continuity continuous tubular and 1.0 fine moderate-continuity continuous tubular and 2.0 coarse moderate-continuity continuous tubular pores; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P01310; moist when described;
    2C1—32 to 45 centimeters (12.6 to 17.7 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) broken face, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) broken face, dry; very fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity continuous tubular pores; 2 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P01311; moist when described;. Fine strata throughout
    3C2—45 to 70 centimeters (17.7 to 27.6 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face, dry; silty clay; massive; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine moderate-continuity continuous tubular pores; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate threads throughout; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P01312; moist when described;. Fine strata throughout with irregular decrease in organic carbon; probably and old surface layer or Ab horizon; base of this layer is higher in organics. Sampled for NDSHD.
    4C3—70 to 89 centimeters (27.6 to 35.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face, dry; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity continuous tubular pores; 2 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented brown (7.5YR 4/4) iron-manganese masses throughout and 15 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P01313; moist when described;. Fine strata throughout; upper half of horizon is one value lighter.
    5C4—89 to 110 centimeters (35.0 to 43.3 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) broken face, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face, dry; very fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.8 very fine roots throughout; 5 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented brown (7.5YR 4/4) iron-manganese masses throughout and 15 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P01314; moist when described;. Fine strata throughout.
    5C5—110 to 130 centimeters (43.3 to 51.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) broken face, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) broken face, dry; fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented gray (5Y 5/1) carbonate threads throughout; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P01315; moist when described;. Fine strata throughout; sampled for NDSHD.
    6C6—130 to 250 centimeters (51.2 to 98.4 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) broken face, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face, dry; loamy fine sand; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments. Lab sample # 96P01316; wet when described;. Fine strata throughout.