IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): CHAMA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1997ND033002
  • User Pedon ID: S1997ND033002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0163
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10435
  • 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: 46.7958069
  • Std. Longitude: -103.9403610
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 138N
  • Range: 105W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 2450 feet N and 1850 feet W of SE 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: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • 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 - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: plain
  • 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—97

    30—81

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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

    4

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    892

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    Ap1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; weak very fine platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P01024
    Ap2—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine platy parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine continuous tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P01025
    Bk1—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine continuous tubular pores; 90 percent distinct carbonate coats; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01026. continuous - phpvsfiid 202778; continuous - phpvsfiid 202778
    Bk2—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine continuous tubular pores; 8 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1) carbonate concretions throughout; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01027
    Bk3—46 to 81 centimeters (18.1 to 31.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), 50 percent pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3) and 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), dry; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine continuous tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01028
    BCy—81 to 97 centimeters (31.9 to 38.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 20 percent medium irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1) gypsum crystal clusters throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P01029
    Cr—97 to 140 centimeters (38.2 to 55.1 inches); 60 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) after ignition and 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), 60 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and 40 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), dry; silt loam; strong medium platy parts to strong fine platy structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 98P01030. Strata of loamy very fine sand.