IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vida
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999ND055001
  • User Pedon ID: S1999ND055001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0592
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12096
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 47.6034660
  • Std. Longitude: -101.5798645
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 148N
  • Range: 86W
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: SW1/4
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND055—McLean
  • MLRA: 55B—Central Black Glaciated Plains
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-BIS—Bismarck, North Dakota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND055—McLean County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: MGU, LEE, M.T.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Vida
  • PSC - 8 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/18/2015
  • Classifier - Perry Sullivan
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Vida
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Calcidic Argiustolls
  • PSC - 8 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/11/1999
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: hill, ridge
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/11/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • 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

    argillic horizon

    0—18

    8—18

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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

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    593

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    135

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    Ap—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak very fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 30.0 very fine roots and fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P03978
    Bt—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay loam; strong fine prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 15.0 very fine roots; faint dark brown (10YR 3/3), dry, clay films and faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry, clay films; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P03979
    Bk1—18 to 29 centimeters (7.1 to 11.4 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; clay loam; moderate fine prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 very fine roots; carbonate concretions throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual broken boundary. Lab sample # 00P03980
    Bk2—29 to 60 centimeters (11.4 to 23.6 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), moist; clay loam; strong coarse prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 very fine roots; 20 percent medium distinct irregular pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), dry, carbonate concretions throughout; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P03981
    Bk3—60 to 97 centimeters (23.6 to 38.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine roots; 5 percent medium prominent spherical reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese concretions; 10 percent medium distinct irregular pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), moist, carbonate concretions throughout; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P03982
    C—97 to 220 centimeters (38.2 to 86.6 inches);, olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots; 15 percent medium prominent spherical reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese concretions; carbonate concretions throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P03983