IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wyard
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2001ND071003
  • User Pedon ID: S2001ND071003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2001ND071003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0762
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15253
  • User Project ID: LEED_10-BIS20
  • Project Name: MLRA 55A - Investigation of the Leeds Lobe and Map Unit Recorrelation
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 48.1083603
  • Std. Longitude: -98.6236420
  • 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
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND071—Ramsey County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Larry Edland, Mike Ulmer, David Reeves, Earnie Jensen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wyard
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/7/2020
  • Classifier - Kyle Thomson
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wyard
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Endoaquolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/21/2001
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • 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: till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: swale
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    TYLA

    Typha latifolia

    broadleaf cattail

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    aquic conditions

    redox concentrations

    cambic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    0—47

    24—210

    47—210

    47—54

    54—210

    130—210

    —47—

    —186—

    —163—

    —7—

    —156—

    —80—
    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

    0.2

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    135

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    Ap1—0 to 14 centimeters (0.0 to 5.5 inches); black (N 2.5/),, very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), dry; clay loam; strong fine subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine granular structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-10-20 millimeter granite fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03856; observed in trench
    Ap2—14 to 24 centimeters (5.5 to 9.4 inches); black (N 2.5/),, very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), dry; clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-10-20 millimeter granite fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N03857; observed in trench
    EB—24 to 38 centimeters (9.4 to 15.0 inches); 65 percent black (10YR 2/1) and 30 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), 65 percent very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) and 30 percent dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), dry; loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse platy, and moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-10-20 millimeter granite fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N03858; observed in trench
    Bw1—38 to 47 centimeters (15.0 to 18.5 inches); black (2.5Y 2/1), very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), dry; loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 30 percent faint black (10YR 2/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-10-20 millimeter granite fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N03859; observed in shovel slice. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1644795; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1644795
    Bw2—47 to 54 centimeters (18.5 to 21.3 inches); 60 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) and 35 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), 60 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) and 35 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 10 percent distinct very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent fine spherical brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter granite fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-10-20 millimeter granite fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N03860; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1644796; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1644796
    Bk1—54 to 82 centimeters (21.3 to 32.3 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 2 percent fine spherical black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses and 25 percent coarse irregular light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent coarse irregular light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist, carbonate masses in matrix and 15 percent medium irregular grayish brown (2.5Y 7/2), moist, carbonate masses in matrix; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter granite fragments and 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-10-20 millimeter granite fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N03861; observed in trench
    Bk2—82 to 130 centimeters (32.3 to 51.2 inches); 50 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and 40 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), 50 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 40 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 2 percent fine spherical black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses and 6 percent irregular dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent irregular light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist, carbonate masses in matrix and 5 percent irregular light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist, carbonate masses around rock fragments; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter granite fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded weakly coherent cemented 2-10-20 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-10-20 millimeter granite fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N03862; observed in trench
    C—130 to 210 centimeters (51.2 to 82.7 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; loam; structureless massive; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2 percent irregular yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent irregular gray (5Y 5/1), moist, iron depletions; 3 percent fine irregular light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist, carbonate masses in matrix; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter granite fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-10-20 millimeter granite fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded weakly coherent cemented 2-10-20 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 02N03863; observed in auger, bucket