IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wendte
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2013SD117001
  • User Pedon ID: S2013SD117001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 14N0309
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74468
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 44.2544367
  • Std. Longitude: -100.6057683
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3N
  • Range: 29E
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4 of Section 2
  • Location Description: Pedon is located 8.5 miles south and 14.2 miles west of the Pierre MLRA Soil Survey Office in Pierre, SD.
  • Map Unit: Wc—Wendte clay, rarely flooded
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD117—Stanley
  • MLRA: 63A—Northern Rolling Pierre Shale Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SD117—Stanley County, South Dakota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44100-C5—Teton, South Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: N. Jones, A. Oxford
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Haplustert
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wendte
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Haplustert
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2013
  • 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 and/or fine-loamy alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: very rare flooding
  • Ponding: none 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
    R063AY021SD Clayey Overflow Jul 11 2013 A. Oxford

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/9/2013 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: A. Oxford
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    slickensides

    redox concentrations

    redox concentrations

    secondary carbonates

    0—45

    10—65

    45—65

    108—154

    154—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

    1

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    444

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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; clay; 5 percent sand; 57 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 medium roots top of horizon and 6.0 fine roots top of horizon; 2.0 medium dendritic tubular and 6.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; 2 reversible trans-horizon cracks per meter at a depth of 10 cm with a width of 1 cm that extend above the horizon and 4 reversible crust related cracks per meter at a depth of 2 cm with a width of 1.5 cm; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 6.8, pH indicator solutions; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N01611; moderately moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bss1—10 to 45 centimeters (3.9 to 17.7 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), moist; clay; 5 percent sand; 57 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 medium roots top of horizon and 3.0 fine roots top of horizon; 1.0 medium dendritic tubular and 3.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; 2 reversible trans-horizon cracks per meter at a depth of 35 cm with a width of 1 cm that extend above and below the horizon; 20 percent distinct pressure faces on all faces of peds and 30 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) on bottom faces of peds; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01612; moderately moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1242474; patchy - phpvsfiid 1242473; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1242474; patchy - phpvsfiid 1242473
    Bss2—45 to 65 centimeters (17.7 to 25.6 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), moist; clay; 5 percent sand; 55 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 medium roots top of horizon and 3.0 fine roots top of horizon; 1.0 medium dendritic tubular and 3.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; 2 reversible trans-horizon cracks per meter at a depth of 20 cm with a width of 1 cm that extend above and below the horizon; 20 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) on bottom faces of peds and 30 percent distinct pressure faces on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01613; moderately moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1242475; patchy - phpvsfiid 1242476; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1242475; patchy - phpvsfiid 1242476
    Ab1—65 to 77 centimeters (25.6 to 30.3 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; silty clay; 5 percent sand; 53 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 medium roots top of horizon and 2.0 fine roots top of horizon; 1.0 medium dendritic tubular and 2.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; 2 reversible trans-horizon cracks per meter at a depth of 7 cm with a width of 1 cm that extend below the horizon; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH indicator solutions; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01614; moderately moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    C1—77 to 90 centimeters (30.3 to 35.4 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; silty clay; 5 percent sand; 43 percent clay; structureless massive; moderately hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 fine roots top of horizon; 2.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01615; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Ab2—90 to 108 centimeters (35.4 to 42.5 inches); 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and 30 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), 70 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and 30 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; stratified silty clay; 5 percent sand; 53 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 fine roots top of horizon and 1.0 coarse roots top of horizon; 2.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH indicator solutions; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01616; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    C2—108 to 154 centimeters (42.5 to 60.6 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist; stratified stratified silty clay loam; 10 percent sand; 35 percent clay; structureless massive; moderately hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 fine roots top of horizon; 1.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; 3 percent fine distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01617; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    C3—154 to 203 centimeters (60.6 to 79.9 inches); 60 percent dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) and 40 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), 60 percent very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) and 40 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; stratified stratified silty clay; 5 percent sand; 43 percent clay; structureless massive; moderately hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 fine roots top of horizon; 1.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; 2 percent fine distinct threadlike weakly coherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 14N01618; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry