IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wentworth
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2004SD099001
  • User Pedon ID: S2004SD099001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2004SD099001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0472
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17351
  • 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: 43.6147766
  • Std. Longitude: -97.1281357
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 102N
  • Range: 52W
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 286 feet east and 437 feet south of the NW corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD099—Minnehaha
  • MLRA: 102B—Till Plains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43097-E2—East Vermillion Lake, South Dakota
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Eugene Preston
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Udic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wentworth
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Udic Haplustolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/26/2004
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty drift derived from mixed-calcareous over loamy till derived from mixed-calcareous
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: till plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/26/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: silty
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ANGE

    BOCU

    PAVI2

    POPR

    Andropogon gerardii

    Bouteloua curtipendula

    Panicum virgatum

    Poa pratensis

    big bluestem

    sideoats grama

    switchgrass

    Kentucky bluegrass

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

    mollic epipedon

    0—46

    —-

    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

    3

    50

    13

    473

    180

    610

    149

    8

    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; silty clay loam; 11 percent sand; 60 percent silt; 29 percent clay; weak fine granular, and weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 21.0 very fine roots throughout and 21.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular and 3.0 fine moderate-continuity vesicular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N02717
    Bw1—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; 10 percent sand; 60 percent silt; 30 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine moderate-continuity vesicular and 21.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N02718
    Bw2—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); pale red (10R 6/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay loam; 10 percent sand; 60 percent silt; 60 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine moderate-continuity vesicular and 21.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N02719
    Bk1—64 to 86 centimeters (25.2 to 33.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist; silty clay loam; 9 percent sand; 60 percent silt; 31 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine moderate-continuity vesicular and 21.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent fine prominent irregular moderately coherent cemented white (5Y 8/1), moist, carbonate concretions with sharp boundaries in matrix and 1 percent fine prominent irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented white (5Y 8/1), moist, carbonate masses with sharp boundaries in matrix and medium prominent irregular moderately coherent cemented white (5Y 8/1), moist, carbonate concretions with sharp boundaries in matrix and medium prominent irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented white (5Y 8/1), moist, carbonate masses with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N02720
    Bk2—86 to 119 centimeters (33.9 to 46.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; silty clay loam; 9 percent sand; 60 percent silt; 31 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular and 21.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; medium prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix and medium faint irregular gray (2.5Y 5/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 3 percent fine faint irregular gray (2.5Y 5/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 4 percent fine prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; 1 percent fine prominent irregular moderately coherent cemented white (5Y 8/1), moist, carbonate concretions with sharp boundaries in matrix and 1 percent fine prominent irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented white (5Y 8/1), moist, carbonate masses with sharp boundaries in matrix and medium prominent irregular moderately coherent cemented white (5Y 8/1), moist, carbonate concretions with sharp boundaries in matrix and medium prominent irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented white (5Y 8/1), moist, carbonate masses with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N02721
    C—119 to 201 centimeters (46.9 to 79.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; silty clay loam; 9 percent sand; 61 percent silt; 30 percent clay; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular and 21.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; coarse faint irregular gray (5Y 5/1), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix and coarse prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and medium prominent dendritic black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries throughout and 1 percent fine prominent dendritic black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries throughout and 10 percent medium prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 35 percent medium faint irregular gray (5Y 5/1), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 1 percent fine distinct irregular white (5Y 8/1), moist, carbonate masses with sharp boundaries throughout and medium distinct irregular white (5Y 8/1), moist, carbonate masses with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 05N02722