IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): LEFOR
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998ND053492
  • User Pedon ID: S1998ND053492
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1998ND053492
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0277
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11136
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 47.3800011
  • Std. Longitude: -103.2013092
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 145N
  • Range: 98W
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND053—McKenzie
  • MLRA: 54—Rolling Soft Shale Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND053—McKenzie County, North Dakota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47103-D2—Grassy Butte, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: FPA, ARG, MGU, TMC
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 492
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - LEFOR
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, kaolinitic Typic Argiustolls
  • Classificaton Date - 9/30/1998
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/30/1998 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 183
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    AGSM

    ARFR4

    BOGR2

    KOCR

    KOMA

    PASM

    Agropyron smithii

    Artemisia frigida

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Koeleria cristata

    Koeleria macrantha

    Pascopyrum smithii

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    prairie sagewort

    blue grama

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    prairie Junegrass

    western wheatgrass

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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

    3

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    240

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    16.7

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    10

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P01405. observation method: TR
    AE—5 to 14 centimeters (2.0 to 5.5 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; fine sandy loam; weak very thick platy parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P01406. observation method: TR
    Bt—14 to 29 centimeters (5.5 to 11.4 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy clay loam; 21 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01407. observation method: TR
    Bw1—29 to 43 centimeters (11.4 to 16.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; sandy loam; moderate medium, and very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse, and very coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 4.0 very fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine tubular pores; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01408. observation method: TR
    Bw2—43 to 82 centimeters (16.9 to 32.3 inches); pale yellow (5Y 7/3), pale olive (5Y 6/3), moist; sandy loam; moderate medium, and very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse, and very coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine tubular pores; 3 percent fine strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; violent effervescence; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 99P01409. observation method: TR
    Bk—82 to 114 centimeters (32.3 to 44.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium, and very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse, and very coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 3 percent fine strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; 20 percent fine carbonate masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01410. observation method: TR; rock frag.: SS 10 AN 50mm
    Cr—114 to 120 centimeters (44.9 to 47.2 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist; 15 percent fine strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # 99P01411. observation method: TR