IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Graceland
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2004SD029004
  • User Pedon ID: S2004SD029004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0332
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17115
  • Print Date: 4/25/2025

    • 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: 45.0043602
  • Std. Longitude: -97.2323608
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 118 N.
  • Range: 53 W.
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 866 feet west and 859 feet south of the NE corner
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD029—Codington
  • MLRA: 102A—Rolling Till Prairie
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SD029—Codington County, South Dakota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45097-A2—Still Lake, South Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jim Millar, Bruce Kunze, Steve Winter
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, frigid Pachic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Graceland
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, frigid Pachic Hapludolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/7/2004
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty loess over loamy till
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/7/2004 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Bk1

    Bk2

    2C

    112

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    193

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

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    2C

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

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

    mollic epipedon

    0—84

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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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 medium and 3.0 fine pores; 2 percent worm casts; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01883
    A—15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; 10 percent worm casts; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01884
    Bw1—36 to 66 centimeters (14.2 to 26.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; 20 percent worm casts; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01885
    Bw2—66 to 84 centimeters (26.0 to 33.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine pores; 10 percent worm casts; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N01886
    Bw3—84 to 112 centimeters (33.1 to 44.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine pores; 1 percent fine distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions and 5 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent worm casts; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N01887
    Bk1—112 to 150 centimeters (44.1 to 59.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine pores; 5 percent fine prominent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions and 25 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 8 percent fine carbonate masses and 8 percent medium carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N01888
    Bk2—150 to 193 centimeters (59.1 to 76.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine pores; 25 percent fine and medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent fine and medium prominent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions; 8 percent fine carbonate masses and 8 percent medium carbonate masses; 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded 5-10-15 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N01889
    2C—193 to 200 centimeters (76.0 to 78.7 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; clay loam; massive; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 25 percent fine and medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent fine and medium prominent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions; 1 percent fine carbonate masses; 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded 5-10-15 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter. Lab sample # 05N01890