IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Onita
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994SD119001
  • User Pedon ID: S1994SD119001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0583
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66759
  • Print Date: 4/26/2025

    • 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: 44.6566658
  • Std. Longitude: -100.2033310
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 114N
  • Range: 78W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 2600 feet South and 150 feet West of NE corner
  • Location Description: Sully County, South Dakota.
  • Map Unit: HeA—Highmore silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesHeA+—Highmore-Eakin silt loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD119—Sully
  • MLRA: 53C—Southern Dark Brown Glaciated Plains
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-RED—Redfield, South Dakota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SD119—Sully County, South Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Copy of 94SD119001-KSSL Pedon (Rec ID - 105775)
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Onita
  • PSC - 30 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/23/2016
  • Classifier - Justiniano, Wilfredo
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Onita
  • Classificaton Date - 5/19/1994
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: periglacial loess
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: swale
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/19/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • 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

    secondary carbonates

    0—58

    30—81

    81—152

    —58—

    —51—

    —71—
    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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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches);, black (10YR 2/1), moist; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P04045
    A—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P04046
    Bt1—30 to 40 centimeters (11.8 to 15.7 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P04047
    Bt2—40 to 58 centimeters (15.7 to 22.8 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P04048
    Bt3—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P04049
    Bk—81 to 117 centimeters (31.9 to 46.1 inches);, olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky; 3 percent fine and medium carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P04050
    C—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches);, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 94P04051