IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): VALLERS
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1997ND081012
  • User Pedon ID: S1997ND081012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0173
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10445
  • Print Date: 1/29/2025

    • 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: 46.0961952
  • Std. Longitude: -97.4357224
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 130N
  • Range: 54W
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: W1/2 SW 1/4 SE 1/4 corner
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND081—Sargent
  • MLRA: 55B—Central Black Glaciated Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND081—Sargent County, North Dakota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46097-A4—Cayuga, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: MGU, DLJ, ELJ
  • 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 #: 12
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - VALLERS
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Calciaquolls
  • Classificaton Date - 9/25/1997
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/25/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 115
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    calcic horizon

    0—23

    8—79

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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

    5

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    25

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    Ak—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); black (2.5Y 2/1) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; 5 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P01094
    Bk1—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 8 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01095
    Bk2—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; 2 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented brown (7.5YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 5 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented gray (2.5Y 5/1) iron depletions throughout and 8 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01096. 10YR 3/2 along some root channels
    Bk3—41 to 79 centimeters (16.1 to 31.1 inches); 40 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and 10 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and 30 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; 1 percent fine spherical noncoherent cemented black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses throughout and 3 percent fine and medium irregular noncoherent cemented gray (2.5Y 5/1) iron depletions throughout and 7 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 3 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented light gray (2.5Y 7/1) lime masses throughout; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01097
    BC—79 to 163 centimeters (31.1 to 64.2 inches); 40 percent dark gray (5Y 4/1) and 40 percent gray (5Y 5/1) clay loam; massive; 10 percent fine and medium irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 10 percent fine and medium irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 5 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented light gray (2.5Y 7/1) lime masses throughout; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 98P01098
    C—163 to 203 centimeters (64.2 to 79.9 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) clay loam; massive; 20 percent medium and coarse irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 10 percent medium and coarse irregular noncoherent cemented light gray (2.5Y 7/1) lime masses throughout; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 98P01099