IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): TONKA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1997ND081014
  • User Pedon ID: S1997ND081014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0174
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10446
  • Print Date: 2/2/2025

    • 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: W 1/2 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 Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, nonacid, frigid Argiaquic Argialbolls
  • 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 #: 14
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - TONKA
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, nonacid, frigid Argiaquic Argialbolls
  • Classificaton Date - 9/25/1997
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: depression
  • 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

    albic horizon

    anthropic epipedon

    0—33

    13—33

    33—61

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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

    2

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    25

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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P01100. undecomposed roots
    A—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); black (N 2/0) silt loam; weak fine granular, and weak medium granular structure; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P01101
    BE—13 to 33 centimeters (5.1 to 13.0 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate thick platy, and weak medium platy structure; 5 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 20 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented brown (7.5YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01102. 5Y 5/8 along root
    Bt—33 to 61 centimeters (13.0 to 24.0 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 10 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented olive (5Y 4/3) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 20 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; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01103. continuous - phpvsfiid 198941; continuous - phpvsfiid 198941
    Bw—61 to 122 centimeters (24.0 to 48.0 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; 10 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 15 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01104
    C—122 to 178 centimeters (48.0 to 70.1 inches); 50 percent gray (5Y 5/1) and 30 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) clay loam; massive; 20 percent fine and medium irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 98P01105