IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clearwater
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2004ND077002
  • User Pedon ID: S2003ND077002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N0631
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17142
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 46.0221405
  • Std. Longitude: -96.7014160
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 129N
  • Range: 48W
  • Section: 4
  • Location Description: Section 4 of Richland County
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND077—Richland
  • MLRA: 56—Red River Valley of the North
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46096-A6—Sonora, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Keith Anderson, Joe Brennan, Mike Ulmer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Typic Epiaquerts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Clearwater
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, frigid Typic Epiaquerts
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/26/2003
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey till
  • Landscape: lake plain
  • Landform: till plain
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent 8- to 25-millimeter
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/26/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 115B
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - other
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 27
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    aquic conditions

    calcic horizon

    30—250

    61—140

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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

    0

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    300

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    547

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    125

    5

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    Ap—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), dry; clay; strong coarse and very coarse cloddy parts to moderate very fine and fine cloddy structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 very fine roots; 2 percent by volume unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N03487; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bss—30 to 61 centimeters (11.8 to 24.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), black (2.5Y 2/1), dry; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to strong very fine and fine angular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 2 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N03488; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bk1—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, friable, slightly sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 4 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries; 5 percent fine noncoherent cemented carbonate masses; 2 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N03489; moist when described; observed in trench
    2Bk2—84 to 107 centimeters (33.1 to 42.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine roots; 20 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, and olive (5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 5 percent fine noncoherent cemented carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N03490; moist when described; observed in trench
    2BCk—107 to 140 centimeters (42.1 to 55.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots; 25 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries; 2 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 2 percent fine noncoherent cemented carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N03491; moist when described; observed in trench
    2C1—140 to 173 centimeters (55.1 to 68.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt loam; massive; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 50 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 2 percent fine noncoherent cemented carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N03492; wet when described; observed in trench
    2C2—173 to 250 centimeters (68.1 to 98.4 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay loam; massive; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 2 percent medium distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 60 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries; 10 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 2 percent fine noncoherent cemented carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 04N03493; wet when described; observed in trench