IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Galchutt
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1997ND077001
  • User Pedon ID: S1997ND077001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Print Date: 12/8/2025

    • 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: 46.2484800
  • Std. Longitude: -96.7622100
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 132 N
  • Range: 49 W
  • Section: 13
  • Location Description: NE 1/4 corner, Sec 13 T132N, R49W.
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND077—Richland
  • MLRA: 56—Red River Valley of the North

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M U D J C W M U
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Vertic Argialbolls
  • 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
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Galchutt
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/1975
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Galchutt
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, frigid Vertic Argialbolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/2/1997
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty glaciolacustrine deposits over clayey glaciolacustrine deposits
  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: lake plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/2/1997 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    albic horizon

    anthropic epipedon

    0—21

    10—27

    27—47

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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

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    Ap1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky; 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Ap2—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; clay loam; weak fine prismatic, and moderate medium platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky; 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.
    AE—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; loam; weak fine prismatic, and moderate medium platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky; 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Oxidized Rysop here
    EB—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky; 1.0 fine roots; 1 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented very dark gray (10YR 3/1) iron-manganese nodules throughout; fragments; gradual irregular boundary.
    BE—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; silt loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint cylindrical mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky; 1.0 fine roots; 1 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented dark greenish gray (10Y 3/1) manganese nodules throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary.
    2Btk1—69 to 102 centimeters (27.2 to 40.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay; 8 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium distinct irregular mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots; 1 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on horizontal faces of peds and 10 percent faint olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented light gray (2.5Y 7/1) lime masses throughout and 1 percent fine spherical weakly coherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/1) carbonate concretions between peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Mucky material 1/4 in wide 3" across dark strains between cracks 2" apart.; patchy - phpvsfiid 90510; continuous - phpvsfiid 90511; patchy - phpvsfiid 90510; continuous - phpvsfiid 90511
    2Btk2—102 to 119 centimeters (40.2 to 46.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay; 8 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium distinct irregular mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate subangular blocky, and angular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots; 7 percent distinct olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), dry, clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) manganese masses throughout; 5 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented light gray (2.5Y 7/1) lime masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Dark strains between crack 3" apart.; continuous - phpvsfiid 90512; continuous - phpvsfiid 90512
    2Bk—119 to 147 centimeters (46.9 to 57.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct irregular and 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium distinct irregular mottles; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 2 percent faint dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, iron stains on vertical faces of peds and 3 percent faint dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, pressure faces on horizontal faces of peds; 4 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/1) lime masses between peds and 1 percent fine irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/1) carbonate concretions between peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 90513; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 90514; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 90513; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 90514
    2BCk—147 to 183 centimeters (57.9 to 72.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) silty clay; 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium distinct irregular mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 4 percent faint olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist, pressure faces on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/1) lime masses between peds and 1 percent fine irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/1) carbonate concretions between peds and 2 percent fine threadlike noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1) gypsum threads between peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 90515; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 90515