IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Farnuf
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1997ND059002
  • User Pedon ID: S1997ND059002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 97P0518
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10201
  • Print Date: 4/23/2025

    • 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: 46.7430573
  • Std. Longitude: -100.9833603
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 138N
  • Range: 82W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 1700 feet south and 600 feet west of NE corner
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND059—Morton
  • MLRA: 54—Rolling Soft Shale Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND059—Morton County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M Ulmer S Sieler CJ Heidt
  • 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 - Farnuf
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Argiborolls
  • PSC - 28 to 63 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/19/1997
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.01 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/19/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • 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: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—28

    28—63

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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

    7

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    30

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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; loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 6.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout; 1.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments. Lab sample # 97P03082
    Ap2—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak fine and medium granular structure; moderately hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 6.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout; 1.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments. Lab sample # 97P03083
    Bw—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P03084
    Bt—28 to 63 centimeters (11.0 to 24.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), dry; loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout; 1.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 20 percent distinct very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, organic stains on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P03085. Discontinuous iron coatings.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 212765; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 212765
    Bk—63 to 113 centimeters (24.8 to 44.5 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; loam; weak medium and coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 6.0 medium roots between peds; 6.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P03086. Discontinuous iron coatings.
    BCk—113 to 168 centimeters (44.5 to 66.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; loam; weak coarse and very coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 65 percent prominent carbonate coats on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P03087. Discontinuous iron coatings. Sandstone fragments found throughout horizons.; continuous - phpvsfiid 212766; continuous - phpvsfiid 212766
    Cr—168 to 200 centimeters (66.1 to 78.7 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderately hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 97P03088