IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Singsaas
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2005SD011002
  • User Pedon ID: S2005SD011002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0681
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17463
  • Print Date: 7/12/2025

    • 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: 44.5200005
  • Std. Longitude: -96.5699997
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 112N
  • Range: 48W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 973 feet south and 857 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Map Unit: BsC—Buse-Singsaas complex, 6 to 9 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD011—Brookings
  • MLRA: 102D—Prairie Coteau
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-RED—Redfield, South Dakota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SD011—Brookings County, South Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jim Millar, Bruce Kunze
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Haplic Vermudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Copy of S2005SD011002-KSSL Pedon (Rec ID - 197502)
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Singsaas
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/31/2025
  • Classifier - Winter, Steve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - thirteenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Singsaas
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, frigid Haplic Vermudolls
  • Classificaton Date - 4/13/2005
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 2
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: periglacial loess over fine-loamy till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/13/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    lithologic discontinuity

    cambic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    0—51

    51—200

    51—71

    71—168

    —51—

    —149—

    —20—

    —97—
    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

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; 8.0 very fine and fine roots; 2.0 very fine pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N03915
    Bw1—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark gray (10YR 4/1) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 8.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 8.0 very fine and 3.0 fine pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N03916
    Bw2—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine and medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 8.0 very fine and 3.0 fine pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N03917
    2Bw3—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N03918
    2Bk1—71 to 125 centimeters (28.0 to 49.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; 10 percent fine carbonate threads; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N03919
    2Bk2—125 to 168 centimeters (49.2 to 66.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; clay loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; 15 percent fine carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N03920
    2C—168 to 200 centimeters (66.1 to 78.7 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; clay loam; massive; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 05N03921