IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Moritz
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2005SD039001
  • User Pedon ID: S2005SD039001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0683
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17465
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 44.5600014
  • Std. Longitude: -96.8700027
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 113N
  • Range: 50W
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 110 feet north and 100 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD039—Deuel
  • MLRA: 102A—Rolling Till Prairie

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bruce Kunze
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Aeric Calciaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Moritz
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Aeric Calciaquolls
  • Classificaton Date - 5/23/2005
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for brief periods
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/23/2005 (actual site observation 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
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N03929
    ABk—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dark gray (10YR 4/1) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; 25 percent medium and coarse carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 05N03930
    Bk1—33 to 66 centimeters (13.0 to 26.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 8.0 fine pores; 25 percent fine carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N03931
    Bk2—66 to 112 centimeters (26.0 to 44.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine pores; 25 percent fine carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N03932
    Bk3—112 to 137 centimeters (44.1 to 53.9 inches); olive (5Y 5/3), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 fine pores; 20 percent fine carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 05N03933