IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mandan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2005ND01501
  • User Pedon ID: S2005ND015001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 06N0405
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18451
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Site at Bismarck Plant Material center, NW of office
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND015—Burleigh
  • MLRA: 53B—Central Dark Brown Glaciated Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND015—Burleigh County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: MCU, JJB, LE
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, frigid Pachic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mandan
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, frigid Pachic Haplustolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/19/2005
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Eolian over Alluvium
  • Landform: terrace
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent mixed,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/19/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 24
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

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    cambic horizon

    calcic horizon

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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

    1

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    225

    394

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    120

    5

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; silt loam; 20 percent clay; moderate coarse cloddy parts to moderate fine granular, and moderate coarse cloddy parts to moderate medium granular, and moderate medium cloddy parts to moderate fine granular, and moderate medium cloddy parts to moderate medium granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume ?-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N01479; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—20 to 35 centimeters (7.9 to 13.8 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; silt loam; 20 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume ?-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N01480; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—35 to 50 centimeters (13.8 to 19.7 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; 20 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N01481; observed in pit, small
    Ab—50 to 58 centimeters (19.7 to 22.8 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; 22 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume ?-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N01482; observed in pit, small
    Bk1—58 to 68 centimeters (22.8 to 26.8 inches);, very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist; loam; 24 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate very coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume 20-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume ?-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N01483; observed in pit, small
    Bk2—68 to 81 centimeters (26.8 to 31.9 inches);, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate very coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume ?-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume 20-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N01484; observed in pit, small
    2Bk3—81 to 100 centimeters (31.9 to 39.4 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loamy fine sand; 10 percent clay; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume 20-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 3 percent by volume ?-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N01485; observed in pit, small
    2BCk—100 to 113 centimeters (39.4 to 44.5 inches);, olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; loamy sand; 5 percent clay; massive; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume 20-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume ?-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N01486; observed in pit, small
    2C—113 to 230 centimeters (44.5 to 90.6 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; very gravelly sand; 5 percent clay; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 45 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 06N01487; observed in auger, bucket