IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bearden
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S08ND035001
  • User Pedon ID: S2008ND035001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0716
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 28257
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 47.8759778
  • Std. Longitude: -97.1967583
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 151N
  • Range: 51W
  • Section: 20
  • County: ND035—Grand Forks
  • MLRA: 56—Red River Valley of the North

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Schwab, M. Ulmer, K. Thomson
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bearden
  • Classificaton Date - 1/19/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bearden
  • Classificaton Date - 7/14/2008
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lacustrine
  • Landscape: lake plain
  • Landform: glacial lake (relict)
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/14/2008 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 27
    • Setting and Climate
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    Apz1—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); black (10YR 2/1); moderate medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine roots and 0.1 fine roots; 5 percent fine distinct irregular strongly coherent cemented white (2.5Y 8/1), moist, salt masses with sharp boundaries; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N03288; moist when described;
    Apz2—9 to 23 centimeters (3.5 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1); moderate medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine roots; 5 percent fine distinct irregular strongly coherent cemented white (2.5Y 8/1), moist, salt masses with sharp boundaries; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N03289; moist when described;
    Bk1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1); weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.9 very fine roots; 1 percent fine distinct irregular strongly coherent cemented salt masses with sharp boundaries and 1 percent fine distinct irregular strongly coherent cemented grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, and white (2.5Y 8/1), moist, gypsum masses with sharp boundaries; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N03290; moist when described;
    Bk2—36 to 75 centimeters (14.2 to 29.5 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1); weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.7 very fine roots and 0.1 fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N03291; moist when described;
    BC—75 to 101 centimeters (29.5 to 39.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3); weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.4 very fine roots; 1 percent fine prominent irregular strongly coherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N03292; moist when described;
    2C—101 to 150 centimeters (39.8 to 59.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3); massive; friable, slightly sticky, very plastic; 0.2 very fine roots; 5 percent medium distinct irregular strongly coherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries and 5 percent medium distinct irregular strongly coherent cemented dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, iron depletions with sharp boundaries; 2 percent fine distinct irregular strongly coherent cemented white (2.5Y 8/1), moist, carbonate masses with sharp boundaries; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 10N03293; moist when described;