IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): AMOR
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998ND053494
  • User Pedon ID: S1998ND053494
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1998ND053494
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0279
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11138
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 47.3827362
  • Std. Longitude: -103.2042007
  • 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: TMC, ARG, MGU
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 494
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - AMOR
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Haplustolls
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1998
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: playa
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1998 (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

    ARFR4

    BOGR2

    BOGR2

    SCSC

    SYMPH

    Artemisia frigida

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Schizachyrium scoparium

    Symphoricarpos

    prairie sagewort

    blue grama

    blue grama

    little bluestem

    snowberry

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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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    817

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    203

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    A—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P01420
    Bw1—9 to 22 centimeters (3.5 to 8.7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01421
    Bw2—22 to 32 centimeters (8.7 to 12.6 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P01422
    Bk—32 to 54 centimeters (12.6 to 21.3 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01423
    BCk—54 to 76 centimeters (21.3 to 29.9 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), moist; loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent fine spherical dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01424
    Cr—76 to 160 centimeters (29.9 to 63.0 inches); pale yellow (5Y 7/3), pale olive (5Y 6/3), moist; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; 1 percent very coarse irregular dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron and 5 percent fine spherical dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 99P01425