IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Waubay
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2001SD029020
  • User Pedon ID: S2001SD029020
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0512
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14229
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 44.8686104
  • Std. Longitude: -97.3111115
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 116N
  • Range: 54W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 2,270 feet north and 490 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Map Unit: 22B—Poinsett-Buse-Waubay complex, 1 to 6 percent slopesJ162B—Poinsett-Buse-Waubay complex, 1 to 6 percent slopesJ162B—Poinsett-Buse-Waubay complex, 1 to 6 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD029—Codington
  • MLRA: 102D—Prairie Coteau
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-RED—Redfield, South Dakota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SD029—Codington County, South Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jim Millar, Steve Winter
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, frigid Pachic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Copy of S2001SD029020-KSSL Pedon (Rec ID 148529)
  • Pedon #: 20
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Waubay (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/16/2023
  • Classifier - Winter, Steve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - thirteenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Waubay
  • Classificaton Date - 11/14/2001
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 2
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: periglacial loess
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: swale
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/14/2001 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 63
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    cambic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    0—61

    61—79

    79—127

    —61—

    —18—

    —48—
    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

    1

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    533

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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; silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; many very fine and fine roots; common very fine pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary.
    A—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common very fine roots; common very fine pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.
    Bw1—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common very fine roots; common very fine pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.
    Bw2—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few very fine roots; common very fine pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.
    Bk1—79 to 102 centimeters (31.1 to 40.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few very fine roots; many very fine pores; 10 percent fine carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.
    Bk2—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; silt loam; 5 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common very fine pores; 10 percent fine and medium carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.
    C—127 to 203 centimeters (50.0 to 79.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silt loam; 5 percent gray (10YR 6/1) fine distinct and 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine and medium prominent mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common very fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter.