IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ryan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2009ND017001
  • User Pedon ID: S2009ND017001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • User Project ID: 10-FAR_099
  • Project Name: MLRA 56 - Ryan Series - Investigation of soil properties in complex mapunits
  • Print Date: 12/6/2025

    • 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: 46.9268630
  • Std. Longitude: -96.8586060
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 140N
  • Range: 49W
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND017—Cass
  • MLRA: 56—Red River Valley of the North

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Keith Anderson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Typic Natraquerts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ryan
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/2012
  • Classifier - Keith Anderson
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fargo
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, frigid Typic Epiaquerts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/4/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lacustrine deposits
  • Landscape: lake plain
  • Landform: glacial lake (relict)
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/4/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); fragments.
    10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); fragments.
    20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); fragments.
    30 to 40 centimeters (11.8 to 15.7 inches); fragments.
    40 to 50 centimeters (15.7 to 19.7 inches); fragments.
    50 to 60 centimeters (19.7 to 23.6 inches); fragments.
    60 to 70 centimeters (23.6 to 27.6 inches); fragments.
    70 to 80 centimeters (27.6 to 31.5 inches); fragments.
    80 to 90 centimeters (31.5 to 35.4 inches); fragments.
    90 to 100 centimeters (35.4 to 39.4 inches); fragments.
    100 to 110 centimeters (39.4 to 43.3 inches); fragments.
    110 to 120 centimeters (43.3 to 47.2 inches); fragments.
    120 to 130 centimeters (47.2 to 51.2 inches); fragments.
    130 to 140 centimeters (51.2 to 55.1 inches); fragments.
    140 to 150 centimeters (55.1 to 59.1 inches); fragments.