IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Telfer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1996ND007015
  • User Pedon ID: S1996ND007015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 97P0372
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10055
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 46.7091675
  • Std. Longitude: -103.2713852
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 137N
  • Range: 100W
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 475 feet east and 2,500 feet north, SW corner
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND007—Billings
  • MLRA: 54—Rolling Soft Shale Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND007—Billings County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: MGU, ARG
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed Entic Haploborolls
  • 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 #: 15
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Telfer
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed Entic Haploborolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/23/1996
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: plain
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/23/1996 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 69
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - other
  • 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

    mollic epipedon

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    0—38

    —38—

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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

    2

    23

    6.1

    875

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    270

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    A1—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loamy fine sand; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.1 medium roots throughout; fragments. Lab sample # 97P02248
    A2—9 to 39 centimeters (3.5 to 15.4 inches); dark olive brown (2.5Y 3/3), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry; loamy fine sand; weak medium prismatic parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.1 medium roots throughout; fragments. Lab sample # 97P02249
    Bw1—39 to 71 centimeters (15.4 to 28.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), dry; loamy fine sand; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.1 medium roots throughout; fragments. Lab sample # 97P02250
    Bw2—71 to 84 centimeters (28.0 to 33.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), dry; loamy fine sand; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.1 medium roots throughout; fragments. Lab sample # 97P02251
    Bw3—84 to 124 centimeters (33.1 to 48.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.1 medium roots throughout; fragments. Lab sample # 97P02252
    C1—124 to 144 centimeters (48.8 to 56.7 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout and 0.1 medium roots throughout; 3 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments. Lab sample # 97P02253. In lower part of horizon there is a thin pebble line. Pebbles .5-2 cm in diameter. Material below 2c2 appears to be residual sandstone.
    2C2—144 to 200 centimeters (56.7 to 78.7 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments. Lab sample # 97P02254. Material below 2C2 appears to be residual sandstone (strongly weathered).