IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): CHAMA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1997ND033001
  • User Pedon ID: S1997ND033001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0162
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10434
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 46.7820816
  • Std. Longitude: -103.9840851
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 138N
  • Range: 105W
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 2500 feet S and 400 feet E NW corner
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND033—Golden Valley
  • MLRA: 54—Rolling Soft Shale Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND033—Golden Valley County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M. Ulmer, L. Edland, D. Vander Busch
  • 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 #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - CHAMA
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, nonacid Typic Calciborolls
  • Classificaton Date - 10/21/1997
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: plain
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: s slight weathered siltstone, calcareous
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/21/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 5-3
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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

    mollic epipedon

    paralithic contact

    calcic horizon

    0—18

    0—66

    18—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

    3

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    135

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    Ap1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 4.0 very fine roots throughout; 10 percent prominent white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate coats throughout; 3 percent by volume shale-siltstone fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P01017. patchy - phpvsfiid 202780; patchy - phpvsfiid 202780
    Ap2—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 4.0 very fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine continuous tubular pores; 3 percent by volume shale-siltstone fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P01018
    Bk1—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 4.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine continuous tubular pores; 1 percent by volume shale-siltstone fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01019
    Bk2—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine continuous tubular pores; 90 percent prominent white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate coats throughout; 2 percent medium irregular white (10YR 8/1) carbonate nodules; 1 percent by volume shale-siltstone fragments; violent effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01020. continuous - phpvsfiid 202781; continuous - phpvsfiid 202781
    Bk3—38 to 66 centimeters (15.0 to 26.0 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), dry; silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 roots throughout; 2.0 very fine continuous tubular pores; 70 percent distinct very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry, carbonate coats throughout; 1 percent by volume shale-siltstone fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 98P01021. continuous - phpvsfiid 201948; continuous - phpvsfiid 201948
    Cr1—66 to 114 centimeters (26.0 to 44.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; silt loam; moderate coarse platy parts to moderate fine platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 roots throughout; 2.0 very fine continuous tubular pores; 3 percent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) iron concretions and 3 percent irregular brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) iron concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P01022. Linear iron concretions between the Cr1 and Cr2.
    Cr2—114 to 203 centimeters (44.9 to 79.9 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 8/3), dry; silty clay loam; strong coarse platy parts to strong fine platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 roots throughout; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 98P01023