IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Balaton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999ND003001
  • User Pedon ID: S1999ND003001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0591
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12095
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 47.0832214
  • Std. Longitude: -98.0158310
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND003—Barnes
  • MLRA: 55B—Central Black Glaciated Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND003—Barnes County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Buck Brush, June, Green Needle
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Aquic Calciudolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Balaton
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Aquic Calciudolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/22/1996
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Till
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Geology: River Valley formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/22/1996 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    A—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 15.0 very fine roots and 2.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter granite fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 00P03970
    ABk—7 to 19 centimeters (2.8 to 7.5 inches); 70 percent black (10YR 2/1) and 30 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and strong fine granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 7.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter granite fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 00P03971
    Bk1—19 to 33 centimeters (7.5 to 13.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 4.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter granite fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 00P03972
    Bk2—33 to 47 centimeters (13.0 to 18.5 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 2 percent fine irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 3 percent fine irregular light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter granite fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 00P03973
    BCk—47 to 68 centimeters (18.5 to 26.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; medium irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 9 percent fine and 15 percent medium irregular light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter granite fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 00P03974
    2C1—68 to 130 centimeters (26.8 to 51.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) very gravelly coarse sandy loam, gravelly sandy loam, sandy loam; massive; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots; coarse irregular gray (5Y 5/1), moist, iron depletions and 10 percent medium gray (5Y 5/1), moist, and 15 percent irregular light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 25 percent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist,; 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter granite fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 00P03975
    2C2—130 to 170 centimeters (51.2 to 66.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) loam; massive; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; coarse irregular gray (5Y 5/1), moist, iron depletions and 10 percent medium and 15 percent irregular light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 25 percent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese concretions; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter granite fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 00P03976
    3Cr—170 to 200 centimeters (66.9 to 78.7 inches); 70 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2) and 30 percent gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay; firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 00P03977