IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mahoney
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2001SD029-015
  • User Pedon ID: S2001SD029015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0510
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14227
  • 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: 45.0130539
  • Std. Longitude: -97.1269455
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 118N
  • Range: 53W
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 2560 feet north and 210 feet west of the southeast corner
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD029—Codington
  • MLRA: 102A—Rolling Till Prairie
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SD029—Codington County, South Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jim Millar Steve Winter
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, frigid Aeric Calciaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Pedon #: 15
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mahoney
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, frigid Aeric Calciaquolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/31/2001
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty material over outwash
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/31/2001 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 36
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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

    calcic horizon

    0—33

    20—112

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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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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 15.0 very fine and fine roots and 5.0 medium roots; 5.0 very fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N02590
    Bk1—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 5.0 very fine and fine roots and 5.0 medium roots; 5.0 very fine pores; 10 percent fine and medium carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N02591
    Bk2—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 5.0 very fine roots and 5.0 medium roots; 20.0 very fine pores; fragments; violent effervescence, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N02592
    Bk3—53 to 79 centimeters (20.9 to 31.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; silt loam; 5 percent gray (10YR 6/1) fine distinct and 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine and medium prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 1.0 very fine roots; 5.0 very fine pores; fragments; violent effervescence, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N02593
    2Bk4—79 to 112 centimeters (31.1 to 44.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; gravelly sandy loam; single grain; loose; 1.0 very fine roots; 10 percent carbonate coats on bottom of rock fragments; 20 percent by volume mixed fragments; strong effervescence, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N02594
    2C—112 to 203 centimeters (44.1 to 79.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; gravelly loamy sand; single grain; loose; 30 percent by volume mixed fragments; strong effervescence, pH meter. Lab sample # 02N02595