IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mantador
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000ND077031
  • User Pedon ID: S2000ND077032
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2000ND077031
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01N0551
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15057
  • Print Date: 4/29/2025

    • 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: 46.2386856
  • Std. Longitude: -97.0899658
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 132N
  • Range: 51W
  • Section: 21
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND077—Richland
  • MLRA: 56—Red River Valley of the North
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND077—Richland County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: KAA, ROL, DJ
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, frigid Aquic Calciudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 32
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mantador
  • Classificaton Date - 12/4/2015
  • Classifier - kaa
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mantador
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, frigid Aquic Calciudolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/29/2000
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lacustrine deposits
  • Landscape: delta plain
  • Landform: delta plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/29/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Kind: microhigh
  • Microrelief Elevation: 15
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ALOPE

    Alopecurus

    foxtail

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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

    0

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    321

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    Ap1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; silt loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable; 4.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots; 6.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N03142
    Ap2—10 to 22 centimeters (3.9 to 8.7 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 6.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 6.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N03143
    Bk1—22 to 43 centimeters (8.7 to 16.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 very fine roots; 4.0 fine tubular pores; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) and 10 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) iron-manganese masses; black (10YR 2/1) carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N03144. Bleached sand grains.
    Bk2—43 to 59 centimeters (16.9 to 23.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 very fine roots; 4.0 fine tubular pores; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and 20 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) iron-manganese masses; black (10YR 2/1) carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N03145
    Bk3—59 to 81 centimeters (23.2 to 31.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak very coarse prismatic structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots; 4.0 fine tubular pores; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) and 2 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 5 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) iron-manganese masses; black (10YR 2/1) carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N03146
    Bk4—81 to 100 centimeters (31.9 to 39.4 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 very fine roots; 1.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 5 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/2) iron-manganese masses and 5 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) and 10 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2); fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N03147
    Bk5—100 to 114 centimeters (39.4 to 44.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; very fine sandy loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 20.0 fine irregular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) iron-manganese masses and 5 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and 10 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 20 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and 20 percent 2.5Y 3/6 (2.5Y 3/6); fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N03148
    BC—114 to 130 centimeters (44.9 to 51.2 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; very fine sandy loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10.0 fine irregular pores; 5 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) and 6 percent gray (2.5Y 6/1) and 7 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) iron-manganese masses and 10 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8); fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N03149
    C1—130 to 148 centimeters (51.2 to 58.3 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; silt loam; massive; friable; 5.0 fine irregular pores; 5 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) iron-manganese masses and 5 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and 10 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) and 15 percent gray (2.5Y 6/1) and 15 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6); fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N03150
    C2—148 to 175 centimeters (58.3 to 68.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 5.0 fine interstitial pores; 5 percent gray (2.5Y 5/1) and 5 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) and 20 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6); fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N03151
    C3—175 to 266 centimeters (68.9 to 104.7 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; very fine sandy loam; massive; friable; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 01N03152