IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Heath
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2001SD103001
  • User Pedon ID: S2001SD103001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0265
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14420
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 43.9903488
  • Std. Longitude: -103.9704819
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1S
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 1400 feet east and 2300 feet north of the south west corner
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD103—Pennington
  • MLRA: 62—Black Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SD604—Custer and Pennington Counties, Black Hills Parts, South Dakota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43103-H8—Preacher Spring, South Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: WTS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic Calcic Argicryolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Heath
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic Calcic Argicryolls
  • PSC - 39 to 89 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/2001
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/2001 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    A—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; silt loam; weak thin platy parts to moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine dendritic tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N01256
    AE—6 to 26 centimeters (2.4 to 10.2 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silt loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine dendritic tubular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N01257
    E/Bt—26 to 39 centimeters (10.2 to 15.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine dendritic tubular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N01258
    Bt—39 to 55 centimeters (15.4 to 21.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay; strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine dendritic tubular pores; 15 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and 25 percent prominent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, pressure faces on vertical faces of peds; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N01259
    Btk—55 to 87 centimeters (21.7 to 34.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silty clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.3 very fine roots throughout; 0.3 very fine dendritic tubular pores; 10 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, pressure faces on vertical faces of peds and 15 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 3 percent prominent irregular very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N01260
    Btkss1—87 to 107 centimeters (34.3 to 42.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) silty clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.3 very fine roots throughout; 0.3 very fine dendritic tubular pores; 10 percent distinct light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist, pressure faces on vertical faces of peds and 25 percent distinct light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent prominent irregular very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N01261
    Btkss2—107 to 153 centimeters (42.1 to 60.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3) silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.3 very fine roots throughout; 0.3 very fine dendritic tubular pores; 15 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 5/3), moist, pressure faces on vertical faces of peds and 90 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent prominent irregular very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N01262
    Btkss3—153 to 183 centimeters (60.2 to 72.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3) silty clay loam; moderate coarse and very coarse prismatic parts to strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 0.3 very fine dendritic tubular pores; 18 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 5/3), moist, pressure faces on vertical faces of peds and 90 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent prominent irregular very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N01263