IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Balaton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2001ND071002
  • User Pedon ID: S2001ND071002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0761
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15252
  • User Project ID: LEED_10-BIS20
  • Project Name: MLRA 55A - Investigation of the Leeds Lobe and Map Unit Recorrelation
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024
  • 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: 48.1086467
  • Std. Longitude: -98.6227339
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 154N
  • Range: 62W
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4, SW 1/4, SE 1/4
  • Location Description: 9 3/4 miles E of Elks Drive in Devils Lake, ND
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND071—Ramsey
  • MLRA: 55A—Northern Black Glaciated Plains
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-DVL—Devils Lake, North Dakota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND071—Ramsey County, North Dakota
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mike Ulmer, Larry Edland, David Reeves, Earnie Jensen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Aquic Calciudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Balaton
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/27/2020
  • Classifier - Kyle Thomson
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 2


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-loamy till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • Plot #: 20
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/21/2001 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - partly cloudy
  • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    secondary carbonates

    calcic horizon

    aquic conditions

    0—13

    0—235

    13—109

    62—235

    13—15—17

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    —-

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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

    2

    315

    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), dry; clay loam; moderate medium cloddy parts to moderate fine granular, and moderate medium cloddy parts to moderate coarse granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, very plastic; moderate permeability; low excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded weakly coherent cemented 2-10-20 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-10-20 millimeter granite fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; very abrupt wavy boundary.; observed in trench
    Bk1—13 to 35 centimeters (5.1 to 13.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), dry; clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.1 medium roots throughout; 1 percent fine prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-10-20 millimeter granite fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded weakly coherent cemented 2-10-20 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary.; observed in trench
    Bk2—35 to 62 centimeters (13.8 to 24.4 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-10-20 millimeter granite fragments and 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded weakly coherent cemented 2-10-20 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in trench
    Bk3—62 to 109 centimeters (24.4 to 42.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 1 percent fine prominent spherical yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 1 percent fine faint irregular dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay depletions throughout and 2 percent fine prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 2 percent fine irregular carbonate masses throughout and 3 percent medium irregular carbonate masses throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded weakly coherent cemented 2-10-20 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-10-20 millimeter granite fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in trench
    BCk—109 to 134 centimeters (42.9 to 52.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry; clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.3 very fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 1 percent fine prominent spherical yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 1 percent fine faint irregular dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, iron depletions throughout and 3 percent fine prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate masses throughout and 1 percent medium irregular carbonate masses throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-150-250 millimeter granite fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded weakly coherent cemented 2-10-20 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-10-20 millimeter granite fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in trench
    C1—134 to 202 centimeters (52.8 to 79.5 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry; clay loam; structureless massive; very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 1 percent fine prominent spherical yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 1 percent fine distinct irregular gray (5Y 5/1), moist, iron depletions throughout and 3 percent fine prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 2 percent coarse gypsum crystal clusters throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded weakly coherent cemented 2-10-20 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-10-20 millimeter granite fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in trench
    C2—202 to 235 centimeters (79.5 to 92.5 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry; clay loam; structureless massive; very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 1 percent fine prominent spherical yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 2 percent fine prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 2 percent fine prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 3 percent medium prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 5 percent fine distinct irregular gray (5Y 5/1), moist, iron depletions throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded weakly coherent cemented 2-10-20 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-10-20 millimeter granite fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified.; observed in auger, bucket