IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kolls
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2013SD075001
  • User Pedon ID: S2013SD075001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2013SD075001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 14N0305
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74464
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 44.0389317
  • Std. Longitude: -100.5646900
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 30E
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 350 feet east and 200 feet north of the SW corner
  • Location Description: Pedon is located 23.3 miles south and 12.7 miles west of the Pierre Soil Survey Office in Pierre, SD.
  • Map Unit: Ko—Kolls silty clay
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD075—Jones
  • MLRA: 63A—Northern Rolling Pierre Shale Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SD075—Jones County, South Dakota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44100-A5—Wendte SE, South Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: N. Jones, A. Oxford
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Epiaquerts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kolls
  • Taxonomic Class - Very-fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Epiaquerts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/23/2013
  • Classifier - A. Oxford
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey alluvium derived from shale
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: closed depression
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Ksat Class Upper: very low
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: occasional ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    R063AY019SD Closed Depression Aug 23 2013 A. Oxford

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/22/2013 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - marshland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CAREX

    ELEL5

    HOJU

    TYLA

    Carex

    Elymus elymoides

    Hordeum jubatum

    Typha latifolia

    sedge

    squirreltail

    foxtail barley

    broadleaf cattail

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    redox concentrations

    aquic conditions

    slickensides

    salt accumulations

    gypsum accumulations

    redox concentrations

    0—26

    8—69

    8—203

    26—131

    44—203

    44—203

    131—203

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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

    0

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    620

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); black (2.5Y 2.5/1) clay; 5 percent sand; 55 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; common (3.0) very fine roots throughout and common (4.0) fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and 4.0 fine pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 5-10-20 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.0, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01584; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bg—8 to 26 centimeters (3.1 to 10.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) clay; 5 percent sand; 68 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, extremely firm, very sticky, very plastic; few (2.0) very fine roots throughout and common (3.0) fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine and 3.0 fine pores; 50 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01585; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bssg—26 to 44 centimeters (10.2 to 17.3 inches); black (2.5Y 2.5/1) clay; 5 percent sand; 60 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; few (2.0) very fine roots throughout and few (1.0) medium roots throughout and few (1.0) fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine and 1.0 medium and 1.0 fine pores; 10 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic); 2 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01586; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bssyzg—44 to 69 centimeters (17.3 to 27.2 inches); black (2.5Y 2.5/1) clay; 5 percent sand; 65 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm, very sticky, very plastic; few (1.0) very fine roots throughout and few (1.0) medium roots throughout and few (1.0) fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine and 1.0 medium and 1.0 fine pores; 15 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic); 2 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 3 percent fine prominent threadlike weakly coherent cemented gypsum masses with clear boundaries on surfaces along root channels and 2 percent fine prominent threadlike weakly coherent cemented salt masses with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01587; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    BCssyzg1—69 to 95 centimeters (27.2 to 37.4 inches); black (5Y 2.5/1) clay; 5 percent sand; 65 percent clay; structureless massive; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; few (1.0) very fine roots throughout and few (1.0) fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine and 1.0 fine pores; 15 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic); 2 percent fine prominent threadlike weakly coherent cemented gypsum masses with clear boundaries in matrix and 2 percent fine prominent threadlike weakly coherent cemented salt masses with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01588; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    BCssyzg2—95 to 131 centimeters (37.4 to 51.6 inches); dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) clay; 5 percent sand; 68 percent clay; structureless massive; extremely hard, extremely firm, very sticky, very plastic; few (1.0) very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine pores; 15 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine prominent threadlike weakly coherent cemented gypsum masses with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent fine prominent threadlike weakly coherent cemented salt masses with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01589; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    CByzg—131 to 203 centimeters (51.6 to 79.9 inches); 90 percent olive gray (5Y 4/2) and 10 percent dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) clay; 5 percent sand; 68 percent clay; structureless massive; extremely hard, extremely firm, very sticky, very plastic; few (1.0) very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine pores; 3 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 2 percent fine prominent threadlike weakly coherent cemented gypsum masses with clear boundaries in matrix and 2 percent fine prominent threadlike weakly coherent cemented salt masses with clear boundaries in matrix; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 5-10-20 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 14N01590; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry