IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): McKranz
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2004SD029006
  • User Pedon ID: S2004SD029006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0333
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17116
  • 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: 44.8916664
  • Std. Longitude: -96.9033356
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 117 N.
  • Range: 51 W.
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 575 feet north and 100 feet west of the SE corner
  • Map Unit: 117—McKranz silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesJ154A—Mckranz silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesZ217A—McKranz silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD029—Codington
  • MLRA: 102A—Rolling Till Prairie
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-RED—Redfield, South Dakota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SD029—Codington County, South Dakota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44096-H8—Kranzburg, South Dakota
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jim Millar, Bruce Kunze, Steve Winter
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, frigid Aeric Calciaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Copy of S2004SD029006-KSSL Pedon (Rec ID 164424)
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - McKranz (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/29/2018
  • Classifier - Winter, Steve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - McKranz
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, frigid Aeric Calciaquolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/9/2004
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - aeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 2
  • QA Status: not reviewed


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over fine-loamy till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: rim on swale
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/9/2004 (entry creation date)
  • 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 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap

    Bk1

    Bk2

    Bk3

    2C1

    2C2

    0

    18

    38

    48

    86

    130

    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

    Ap

    Bk1

    Bk2

    Bk3

    2C1

    2C2

    0

    18

    38

    48

    86

    130

    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 %

    Ap

    Bk1

    Bk2

    Bk3

    2C1

    2C2

    0

    18

    38

    48

    86

    130

    19

    27

    17

    15

    8

    15

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

    mollic epipedon

    calcic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—38

    18—86

    86—203

    —38—

    —68—

    —117—

    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

    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 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; common fine roots throughout; few very fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Bk1—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), gray (2.5Y 5/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common fine roots throughout; common very fine pores; carbonate, finely disseminated and 10 percent fine carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.
    Bk2—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few very fine roots throughout; common very fine pores; 10 percent fine carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.
    Bk3—48 to 86 centimeters (18.9 to 33.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common very fine pores; 1 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 5 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent fine carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.
    2C1—86 to 130 centimeters (33.9 to 51.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; clay loam; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; few very fine pores; 5 percent fine and medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 5 percent fine and medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent fine carbonate masses; 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded 5-10-15 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.
    2C2—130 to 203 centimeters (51.2 to 79.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; clay loam; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21 percent medium and coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent medium and coarse distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent fine carbonate masses; 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded 5-10-15 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter.