IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Virkula
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000SD081002
  • User Pedon ID: S2000SD081002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P1261
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12757
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 44.1852760
  • Std. Longitude: -103.5266647
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 500 feet north and 1700 feet east of southwest corner
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD081—Lawrence
  • MLRA: 62—Black Hills

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. Schaefer, B. Brady
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, frigid Glossic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Virkula
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, frigid Glossic Hapludalfs
  • PSC - 48 to 98 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/19/2000
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountain
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/19/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 21
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    glossic horizon

    argillic horizon

    32—61

    48—203

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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

    8

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    40

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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P07363
    E/A—5 to 16 centimeters (2.0 to 6.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine and medium platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent fine and medium prominent irregular dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries in matrix; 1 percent by volume subangular 150-?-? millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P07364
    E—16 to 32 centimeters (6.3 to 12.6 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; weak very fine and fine platy parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 20 percent fine and medium prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries in matrix; 1 percent by volume angular 75-?-250 millimeter quartzite fragments and 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P07365
    EB—32 to 48 centimeters (12.6 to 18.9 inches); 60 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/3) and 40 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/3), 60 percent light reddish brown (5YR 6/3) and 40 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/3), dry; loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout and 0.0 coarse roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 3 percent by volume angular 2-?-150 millimeter quartzite fragments and 7 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P07366
    B/E—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) and reddish brown (5YR 4/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/3) and light reddish brown (5YR 6/3), dry; loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume angular 2-?-150 millimeter quartzite fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P07367
    Bt1—61 to 99 centimeters (24.0 to 39.0 inches); 90 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), 90 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and 10 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; loam, channers; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 50 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume angular 150-?-? millimeter quartzite fragments and 15 percent by volume subangular 2-?-150 millimeter quartzite fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P07368. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 205681; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 205681
    2Bt2—99 to 144 centimeters (39.0 to 56.7 inches); 40 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) and 40 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and 20 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), 40 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) and 40 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and 20 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 50 percent distinct reddish gray (5YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume angular 250-?-? millimeter quartz fragments and 8 percent by volume subangular 2-?-150 millimeter quartzite fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P07369
    3Bt3—144 to 180 centimeters (56.7 to 70.9 inches); 70 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), 70 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and 30 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), dry; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 50 percent distinct pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume subangular 2-?-75 millimeter quartz fragments and 5 percent by volume angular 2-?-150 millimeter quartzite fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P07370
    3Btk—180 to 203 centimeters (70.9 to 79.9 inches); 50 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) and 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), 50 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and 50 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent prominent pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), moist, carbonate coats on bottom of rock fragments and 50 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; spherical moderately coherent cemented carbonate concretions with clear boundaries in matrix and 5 percent medium and coarse prominent weakly coherent cemented ; 2 percent by volume subangular 250-?-? millimeter quartzite fragments and 8 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter quartz fragments. Lab sample # 00P07371